Acrocercops serrigera, Prins, Jurate De, Brito, Rosângela & Moreira, Gilson Rudinei Pires, 2016

Prins, Jurate De, Brito, Rosângela & Moreira, Gilson Rudinei Pires, 2016, An annotated taxonomic checklist of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with links to the information on host plants and parasitoids, Zootaxa 4158 (1), pp. 1-51 : 13

Acrocercops serrigera Meyrick, 1915

" Acrocercops serrigera , n. sp. "—Meyrick, E. 1915b. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London

(2): 232.

Type locality: Peru, Lima, 500 ft.

Type specimens: Lectotype ♂, BMNH, genitalia slide BMNH 31204 ♂, designated by Landry (2006: 442,

fig. 28), BMNH; in original description 34 syntypes (♂ and ♀) were mentioned, 12 of these as Paralectotypes in BMNH.

Subspecies: Acrocercops serrigera galapagosensis Landry, 2006

" Acrocercops serrigera galapagosensis ssp. n. "— Landry, B., 2006: 440–446, figs, 1, 10A–D, 19A–B. Ecuador, Galapagos, Santa Crúz, Finca Vilema , 2 km W Bella Vista. Holotype ♂, MHNG ; Paratypes 28♂ and 28♀, genitalia slides BL 1170, BL 1555, BL 1557, BL 1558, BL 1560, BL 1561, BL 1564, BL 1565, BL 1566, BMNH, CNC, CDRS, MHNG, USNM.

Distribution: Chile (Vargas et al. 2013: 112), Ecuador (Meyrick 1915b: 232), Ecuador: Galápagos Islands

(Landry 2006: 445), Peru (Meyrick 1915b: 232).

Larval hostplant(s): Malvaceae : Malva nicaeensis All. , Waltheria ovata Cav. (Vargas et al. 2013: 113).

DNA: Genbank: JX567743 , JX567747 (Vargas et al. 2013).