Acrolepia aureonigrella

Acrolepia aureonigrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Acrolepia
Species: A. aureonigrella
Binomial name
Acrolepia aureonigrella
Walsingham, 1907

Acrolepia aureonigrella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Molokai.

The larvae probably feed on Nothocestrum species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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