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Acria Stephens 1834

Description

Acria Stephens, 1834

Acria Stephens, 1834: 218; Yuan, Zhang & Wang, 2008: 685. Type species: Phalaena emarginella Donovan, 1806, by monotypy.

Tisdra Walker, 1864: 830. Type species: Tisdra obtusella Walker, 1864, by monotypy. Amphoritis Meyrick, 1905: 601. Type species: Amphoritis camelodes Meyrick, 1905, by original designation.

Remarks. The genus was regarded by Hodges (1998) as belonging to the Peleopodidae. However, some works still keep the treatment of Hodges (1978). We rechecked the characters of Acria cocophaga sp. nov. and found the species have the adult with Rs and M2 stalked in the hindwing and the pupa is without lateral condyles on the abdominal segments. Those characters are possessed by members of the family Peleopodidae, while species of the subfamily Depressariinae of the family Elachistidae have the adult with Rs and M2 separated in the hindwing and the pupa with lateral condyles on abdominal segments 5/6 and 6/7.

Notes

Published as part of Chen, Fuqiang & Wu, Chunsheng, 2011, A new Cocos- eating moth of Acria Stephens, 1834 (Lepidoptera, Peleopodidae) from China, with descriptions of its adult, larva and pupa, pp. 51-58 in Zootaxa 2882 on page 52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.202249

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Stephens
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Oecophoridae
Genus
Acria
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Acria Stephens, 1834 sec. Chen & Wu, 2011

References

  • Stephens, J. F. (1834) Illustrations of British Entomology (Haustellata V. 4). Baldwin and Cradock, London, 433 pp.
  • Yuan, G. X., Zhang, L. & Wang, S. X. (2008) Review of the genus Acria Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae, Depressariinae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 33 (4), 685 - 690.
  • Walker, F. (1864) List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 30. Tineites. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 837 - 1096.
  • Meyrick, E. (1905) Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 16, 580 - 619.
  • Hodges, R. W. (1998) Gelechioidea. In: Kristensen N. P. (Ed.) Handbook of Zoology (Volume IV, Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 35: Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies 1). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin & New York, pp. 131 - 158.
  • Hodges, R. W. (1978) The Moths of North America North of Mexico Fasc. 6.1, Gelechioidea, Cosmopterigidae. E. W. Classey Ltd and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, London, 166 pp.