Acrolepia aiea

Acrolepia aiea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Acrolepiidae
Genus:Acrolepia
Species: A. aiea
Binomial name
Acrolepia aiea
Swezey, 1933

Acrolepia aiea is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1833 and is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

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

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu.


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