Acalyptris mariepsensis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1980. It is known from South Africa (it was described from the Mariepskop).[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Acalyptris |
| Species: | A. mariepsensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Acalyptris mariepsensis (Scoble, 1980)
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The larvae feed on Cassipourea gerrardi.
References
edit- ^ "Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world". Archived from the original on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
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