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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Sedge and False Diamondback Moths (Glyphipterigidae) » False Diamondback Moths (Acrolepiinae) » Acrolepiopsis

Genus Acrolepiopsis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References
small moth - Acrolepiopsis Moth 7/9.6 - Acrolepiopsis incertella Acrolepiopsis leucoscia Acrolepiopsis assectella Micro moth with long antennae - Acrolepiopsis leucoscia A. heppneri ex Smilax rotundifolia - Acrolepiopsis heppneri Glyphipterigidae, Sedge and False Diamondback Moth cocoonsX - Acrolepiopsis incertella Glyphipterigidae: Acrolepiopsis californica - Acrolepiopsis californica
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Glyphipterigidae (Sedge and False Diamondback Moths)
Subfamily Acrolepiinae (False Diamondback Moths)
Genus Acrolepiopsis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly included in family Plutellidae
Numbers
7 species in North America listed at All-Leps
Range
patchy distribution throughout United States and southern Canada; some species have a very restricted range
A. assectella: Ottawa area (Ontario) and adjacent part of Quebec. Non-native.
A. californica: west coast states
A. heppneri: New Hampshire, Connecticut, North Carolina, Illinois
A. incertella: New Hampshire to Florida, west to Texas and Illinois
A. leucoscia: Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, probably northern Mexico
A. liliivora: California, Oregon, Alberta
A. reticulosa: Wyoming
Food
larvae feed on monocots such as greenbrier or carrionflower (Smilax spp.), onion (Allium spp.), and lily (Lilium spp.)
Print References
Landry, J.-F., 2007. Taxonomic review of the leek moth genus Acrolepiopsis (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae) in North America. The Canadian Entomologist, 139(3): 319-353.
Internet References
pinned adult images of 4 species, plus collection site maps (All-Leps)
photos and species accounts of 4 species (Steve Harrison, Illinois)
The Leek Moth; PDF doc (Richard Dunkle, USDA)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 18 June, 2009 - 10:38pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod
Last updated 21 August, 2019 - 7:22am

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