Acalyptris mariepsensis

Acalyptris mariepsensis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1980. It is known from South Africa (it was described from the Mariepskop).[1]

Acalyptris mariepsensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Acalyptris
Species:
A. mariepsensis
Binomial name
Acalyptris mariepsensis
(Scoble, 1980)

The larvae feed on Cassipourea gerrardi.

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