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. Superficially
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is similar to many Afrotropical
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species with white transverse fasciae on the forewing. However, the male genitalia are highly distinctive with a group of long cornuti and two opposite hooks near the pointed apex of the aedeagus. In the female genitalia, it can be distinguished by a peculiar signum, consisting of spreading spines, and an oblong patch of short spines (for illustrations refer to
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, pl. 99, fig.1).
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. Specimens were collected in two periods of the year: from early April to the July and from early November (
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) to early December.
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Linn.
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,
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<emphasis id="B953E70FFFB6FFB8FF7EFED1DB336502" bold="true" box="[199,308,294,320]" pageId="6" pageNumber="81">Remarks</emphasis>
. The inclusion of
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<emphasis id="B953E70FFFB6FFB8FDBCFED0D8F26502" box="[517,757,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="81">Acrocercops gossypii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C27409EFFB6FFB8FC36FED0DE1D6503" authorityName="Wallengren" authorityYear="1881" box="[911,1050,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Acrocercops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="81" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B953E70FFFB6FFB8FC36FED0DE1D6503" box="[911,1050,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="81">Acrocercops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is doubtful following the concept of the genus presented by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB646ECFFB6FFB8FE76FEBCD89A6526" author="Kuznetzov, V. I." box="[463,669,330,357]" pageId="6" pageNumber="81" pagination="835 - 856" refId="ref20296" refString="Kuznetzov, V. I. (1979) A review of the genera of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of the Palaearctic fauna. Revue d'Entomologie de l'URSS, 58 (4), 835 - 856." type="journal article" year="1979">Kuznetzov (1979)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="EFB646ECFFB6FFB8FD62FEBCD9D86526" author="Kumata, T. &amp; Kuroko, H. &amp; Ermolaev, V. P." box="[731,991,330,357]" pageId="6" pageNumber="81" pagination="1 - 111" refId="ref20210" refString="Kumata, T., Kuroko, H. &amp; Ermolaev, V. P. (1988 a) Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I. Insecta Matsumurana, 38, 1 - 111." type="journal article" year="1988">
Kumata
<emphasis id="B953E70FFFB6FFB8FC87FEBCD97D6526" box="[830,890,330,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="81">et al.</emphasis>
(1988a)
</bibRefCitation>
. Some morphological characters of
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<emphasis id="B953E70FFFB6FFB8FA3DFEBCDAF465CA" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="81">A. gossypii</emphasis>
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, i.e., valva without any comb, and tergum VIII with a slender anterior apodeme which median sclerotization extending caudad onto the tergite, do not fit the generic diagnoses by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB646ECFFB6FFB8FC22FE64DE6265EE" author="Kuznetzov, V. I." box="[923,1125,402,429]" pageId="6" pageNumber="81" pagination="835 - 856" refId="ref20296" refString="Kuznetzov, V. I. (1979) A review of the genera of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of the Palaearctic fauna. Revue d'Entomologie de l'URSS, 58 (4), 835 - 856." type="journal article" year="1979">Kuznetzov (1979)</bibRefCitation>
and Kumata
<emphasis id="B953E70FFFB6FFB8FB40FE64DF3665EE" box="[1273,1329,402,428]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="81">et. al</emphasis>
. (1988a). These two features are characteristic of species within the genus
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<emphasis id="B953E70FFFB6FFB8FCDCFE41D9F56592" box="[869,1010,438,464]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="81">Telamoptilia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However,
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<emphasis id="B953E70FFFB6FFB8FBC8FE40DEEC6592" box="[1137,1259,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="81">A. gossypii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has an antennal scape without a flap of scales and the forewing contains vein R1. These characters are absent in the species of
<taxonomicName id="4C27409EFFB6FFB8FF2EFE09DB23665A" authorityName="Kumata &amp; Kuroko" authorityYear="1988" box="[151,292,510,536]" class="Insecta" family="Gracillariidae" genus="Telamoptilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="81" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B953E70FFFB6FFB8FF2EFE09DB23665A" box="[151,292,510,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="81">Telamoptilia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, therefore, we refrain from suggesting a new combination until a more comprehensive analysis of these genera can be completed.
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