Acrolepia nothocestri

Acrolepia nothocestri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Acrolepia
Species: A. nothocestri
Binomial name
Acrolepia nothocestri
Busck, 1914

Acrolepia nothocestri is a moth of the Acrolepiidae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

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

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