Taxonomic Information
Acria Stephens, 1834 known from the Indian subregion.
Acria amphorodes Meyrick, 1923. India: Punjab.
Acria ceramitis Meyrick, 1908. India; Sri Lanka.
Acria emarginella (Donovan, 1804) (Phalaena). India; Sri Lanka.
Acria eulectra Meyrick, 1908. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Acria obtusella (Walker, 1864) (Tisdra). Sri Lanka; Borneo.
= Amphoritis nycterodes Meyrick, 1905
Acria xanthosaris Meyrick, 1908. India: Assam.
Acria meyricki Shashank, Saravana, Kalidas, Phanikumar, Ramamurthy & Bose, 2015. Andhra Pradesh (TL: Pedavegi).
Extalimital species
Acria malacolectra Meyrick, 1930
Acria cocophaga Chen & Wu, 2011. China.
Acria equibicruris Wang, 2008. China.
Acria ornithorrhyncha Wang, 2008. China.
Acria psamatholeuca Meyrick,1930. Cameroon.
Acria sciogramma Meyrick,1915. New Guinea.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Acria ceramitis -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 |
- OD: Acria ceramitis Meyrick, 1908; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18 (3): 636; TL: Palni Hills; Khasis. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofbombayn18bomb/page/636/mode/1up?view=theater
- Inoue, H. 1982. Moths of Japan, Vol. 2. Kodansha publishers. ISBN 4069938222. Plate 12/15.
- Yuan, Zhang & Wang, 2008, Review of the genus Acria Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae, Depressariinae) from China Acta Zootax. Sinica 33 (4) : 685-690. Pg. 685.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=86587
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/205604-Acria-ceramitis
Genus placement to the family Peleopodidae vide the phylogeny in Wang Q-Y, Li H-H (2020) Phylogeny of the superfamily Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera: Obtectomera), with an exploratory application on geometric morphometrics. Zoologica Scripta 49: 307–328. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12407.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Acria ceramitis Meyrick, 1908 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/acria-ceramitis, accessed 2025/04/24.