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{{Short description|Family of moths}}
{{For|the family of fossil ray-finned fish|Acrolepidae}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Acrolepia.assectella.mounted.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Acrolepiopsis assectella]]''
| taxon = Acrolepiidae
| authority = [[Hermann von Heinemann|Heinemann]], 1870
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = 
*''[[Acrolepia]]'' <small>[[John Curtis (entomologist)|Curtis]], 1838</small>
*''[[Acrolepiopsis]]'' <small>Gaedike, 1970</small>
*''[[Digitivalva]]'' <small>Gaedike, 1970</small>
*''[[Digitivalvopsis]]'' <small>Budashkin, 1995</small>
}}

The '''Acrolepiidae''' are a family of [[moth]]s known as false diamondback moths. In modern classifications, they are often treated as a subfamily (Acrolepiinae) of the family [[Glyphipterigidae]].

Caterpillars are typically spotted and 10 to 12&nbsp;mm in length.  Adults have a wingspan between 16 and 18&nbsp;mm and are generally nocturnal.

==Species==

Some representative species are:

*''[[Acrolepia aiea]]'', <small>Swezey 1933</small>
*''[[Acrolepia alliella]]'', <small>Sato 1979</small>
*''[[Acrolepia autumnitella]]'', <small>Curtis 1838</small>
*''[[Acrolepia nothocestri]]'', <small>Busck 1914</small>
*''[[Acrolepiopsis assectella]]'', <small>Zeller, 1839</small>
*''[[Acrolepiopsis betulella]]'', <small>Curtis 1838</small>
*''[[Acrolepiopsis incertella]]'', <small>Chambers 1872</small>
*''[[Acrolepiopsis marcidella]]'', <small>Curtis 1850</small>
*''[[Acrolepiopsis sapporensis]]'', <small>Matsumura 1931</small>
*''[[Acrolepiopsis tauricella]]'', <small>Staudinger 1870</small>
*''[[Acrolepiopsis vesperella]]'', <small>Zeller 1850</small>
*''[[Digitivalva arnicella]]'', <small>Heyden 1863</small>
*''[[Digitivalva eglanteriella]]'', <small>Mann 1855</small>
*''[[Digitivalva granitella]]'', <small>Treitschke 1833</small>
*''[[Digitivalva occidentella]]'', <small>Klimesch 1956</small>
*''[[Digitivalva pulicariae]]'', <small>Klimesch 1956</small>
*''[[Digitivalva reticulella]]'', <small>Hübner 1796</small>

==References==
*Gaedike R. (1969). ''Contribution for the knowledge of the Acrolepiidae Fauna of the Balkan Peninsula''
*Carter, D. (1984). ''Pest Lepidoptera of Europe''. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Boston.

==External links==
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*[http://www.microleps.org/Guide/Acrolepiidae/index.html Microleps] U.S.A.(Nearctic)
*[http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/a/acrolepia_autumnitella.html Naturhistoriska riksmuseet] Imago, genitalia images

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