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'''''Acria meyricki''''', also known as '''oil palm leaf webworm''',<ref name="Saravanan et al. 2020"/> is a [[moth]] in the family [[Depressariidae]].<ref name="Shashank et al. 2015"/><ref name="Saravanan et al. 2020"/><ref name=Savela/> It was described by Shashank and colleagues in 2015 and named in honor of [[Edward Meyrick]], "renowned expert of [[Microlepidoptera]]".<ref name="Shashank et al. 2015"/> It is known from [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="Shashank et al. 2015"/><ref name="Saravanan et al. 2020"/><ref name="Saravanan-2022">{{Cite journal |last1=Saravanan |first1=L. |last2=Phanikumar |first2=T. |last3=Kumar |first3=D. Dwaraka |last4=Arunkumar |first4=R. |date=2022 |title=Seasonal activity of oil palm leaf webworm, Acria meyricki Shashank and Ramamurthy and its natural enemies in oil palm-cocoa intercropping system and their management in oil palm |url=https://indianjournals.com/article/jer-46-3-009 |journal=Journal of Entomological Research |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=483–489 |doi=10.5958/0974-4576.2022.00085.8 |issn=0378-9519|doi-access=free }}</ref><br />
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The [[forewing]] length is {{cvt|5.5–7.2|mm}}.<ref name="Shashank et al. 2015"/> The larvae feed on [[Elaeis guineensis|oil palms]].<ref name="Shashank et al. 2015"/><ref name="Saravanan et al. 2020"/> They can also successfully develop when feeding on coconut (''[[Cocos nucifera]]'').<ref name="Saravanan et al. 2020"/> Since 2005, ''Acria meyricki'' has become a regular pest on oil palm plantations, sometimes causing severe damage.<ref name="Saravanan et al. 2020"/><br />
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<ref name=Savela>{{cite web |url=https://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/depressariidae/acriinae/acria/#meyricki |title=''Acria'' Stephens, 1834 |author=Savela, Markku |work=Lepidoptera and some other life forms |access-date=31 January 2025}}</ref><br />
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<ref name="Shashank et al. 2015">{{cite journal |last1=Shashank |first1=P.R |last2=Saravanan |first2=L. |last3=Kalidas |first3=P. |last4=Phanikumar |first4=T. |last5=Ramamurthy |first5=V. V. |last6=Bose |first6=N. S.Chandra |name-list-style=amp |title=A new species of the genus ''Acria'' Stephens, 1834 (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae: Acriinae) from India |journal=Zootaxa |date=2015 |volume=3957 |issue=2 |pages=226–230 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3957.2.6|pmid=26249068 }}</ref><br />
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<ref name="Saravanan et al. 2020">{{cite journal |last1=Saravanan |first1=L. |last2=Kalidas |first2=P. |last3=Phanikumar |first3=T. |last4=Dwarakakumar |first4=D. |last5=Gupta |first5=Ankita |last6=Arunkumar |first6=R. |name-list-style=amp |title=Life history, phenology, host range and natural enemies of ''Acria meyricki'' Shashank and Ramamurthy (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae): an emerging defoliator of oil palm, ''Elaeis guineenis'' Jacq. in India |journal=Phytoparasitica |date=2020 |volume=48 |issue=3 |pages=427–454 |doi=10.1007/s12600-020-00806-7 |bibcode=2020Phyto..48..427S }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Acria]]<br />
[[Category:Moths of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of India]]<br />
[[Category:Agricultural pest insects]]<br />
[[Category:Moths described in 2015]]<br />
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