''Acrocercops chrysoplitis'' is a

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of the family

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, known from

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India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1937.Meyrick, E. 1937. Exotic Microlepidoptera. - Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 5(4):97–128. The hostplant for the species is ''

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References

chrysoplitis Moths of Asia Moths described in 1937 {{Acrocercops-stub