Acalyptris lorantivora

Acalyptris lorantivora is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1948. It is known from South Africa (it was described from the Cape Province).[1]

Acalyptris lorantivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Acalyptris
Species:
A. lorantivora
Binomial name
Acalyptris lorantivora
(Janse, 1948)

The larvae feed on Boscia oleoides.

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