Species Acrolophus piger - Piger Tubeworm Moth - Hodges#0371

Classification · Hodges Number · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Tineoidea

Family Acrolophidae (Burrowing Webworm Moths)

Genus Acrolophus (Tubeworm Moths)

Species piger (Piger Tubeworm Moth - Hodges#0371)

Hodges Number

0371

Numbers

49 spp. in genus in U.S. & Canada per Arnett (1985) (1)

Range

Texas, Florida (2)

Remarks

Species page created based on the determination of these two images by Ed Knudson, Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston:

Internet References

0371 – Acrolophus piger - Moth Photo Group

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

2.	The Lepidoptera of Florida: An Annotated Checklist. By Charles P. Kimball.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 January, 2009 - 8:47am
Last updated 5 January, 2009 - 1:29pm

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