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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Burrowing Webworm Moths (Acrolophinae) » Tubeworm Moths (Acrolophus) » Acrolophus simulatus - Hodges#0381 (Acrolophus simulatus)

Species Acrolophus simulatus - Hodges#0381

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)
Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
Subfamily Acrolophinae (Burrowing Webworm Moths)
Genus Acrolophus (Tubeworm Moths)
Species simulatus (Acrolophus simulatus - Hodges#0381)
Hodges Number
0381
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acrolophus simulatus - Walsingham, 1882
Identification
This species is very distinctive and has very long palps in both sexes.
Males:

Females:


It can be distinguished from A. cressoni by the longer palps and lack of raised scales on the forewings, and from other eastern Acrolophus with similar palps by its tiny size (
Range
appears to be widespread in the Southeast, from NJ south to FL west to TX
Internet References
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Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 1 September, 2016 - 12:37pm
Additional contributions by dennepj10
Last updated 10 August, 2023 - 11:28am

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