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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Tineoidea » Burrowing Webworm Moths (Acrolophidae) » Tubeworm Moths (Acrolophus) » Texas Grass Tubeworm  - Hodges#0383 (Acrolophus texanella)

Species Acrolophus texanella - Texas Grass Tubeworm - Hodges#0383

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Print References · Internet References
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 texanella (Texas Grass Tubeworm - Hodges#0383)
Hodges Number
0383
Other Common Names
Grass Tubeworm
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acrolophus texanella, (Chambers, 1878)
Acrolophus hulstellus, Beutenmüller, 1887
A. barnesii, (Dyar, 1900)
Size
wingspan: 20mm based on Moth Photographers Group photo.
Range
Dalton State lists range as Maryland to Florida to Texas.
(California?) listed in a university collection but may not occur in California
Print References
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
Internet References
Moth Photoraphers Group - photographs of living and pinned adults
All-Leps - photographs of many pinned adults
Moths of Oklahoma checklist (pdf) - presence in Oklahoma
Florida Lepidoptera checklist - presence in Florida
www.daltonstate.edu - states range
South Carolina Moths Checklist - county records.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 July, 2009 - 11:43pm
Last updated 22 January, 2010 - 7:18pm

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