''Acrocercops gemmans'' is a

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of the family

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, known from

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. It was described by

Walsingham Walsingham () is a civil parish in North Norfolk, England, famous for its religious shrines in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. It also contains the ruins of two medieval Christian monasticism, monastic houses.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Exp ...

, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1914.Walsingham, Lord (Thomas de Grey) 1914. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera.Tineina, Pterophorina, Orneodina, and Pyralidina and Hepialina (part.). - Biologia Centrali-Americana, Lepidoptera-Heterocera 4(1909–1915):225–392, 9–10 pls.

References

gemmans Moths of Central America Moths described in 1914 {{Acrocercops-stub