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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 piger - Hodges#0371 (Acrolophus piger)

Species Acrolophus piger - Hodges#0371

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Piger Tubeworm Moth - Hodges #0371 - Acrolophus piger Piger Tubeworm Moth - Hodges #0371 - Acrolophus piger Piger Tubeworm Moth - Hodges #0371 - Acrolophus piger Piger Tubeworm Moth - 0371 - Right Lateral - Acrolophus piger Hodges #0371 - Piger Grass Tubeworm Moth? - Acrolophus piger Hodges #0371 - Acrolophus piger Micromoth (Acrolophus?) - Acrolophus piger 0383 – Texas Grass Tubeworm Moth - Acrolophus piger
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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 piger (Acrolophus piger - Hodges#0371)
Hodges Number
0371
Other Common Names
Piger Grass Tubeworm Moth - MPG
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acrolophus piger (Dyar)
Orig. Comb: Ortholophus piger Dyar 1900
Numbers
49 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Identification
A small Acrolophus (less than 1 cm FW length), mostly gray, with a dark gray triangular marking evident on the forewings. Palps are short and upturned.



Dets. Ed Knudson, 2009
Range
TX-FL-NC-TN - Map (MPG)
Season
mostly: May-Oct (MPG)
See Also
Acrolophus piger [0371] and Acrolophus forbesi [0353] belong to differ groups but look the same and can't be separated without the genitalia or a good look at features of the head. Eyes in A. forbesi are naked or with very short setae and look naked. Eyes in A. piger are setose. ~ P. Jump
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 January, 2009 - 8:47am
Additional contributions by John Schneider, dennepj10
Last updated 10 August, 2023 - 11:36am

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