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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Acrobasis Group » Acrobasis » Acrobasis ostryella - Hodges#5680 (Acrobasis ostryella)

Species Acrobasis ostryella - Hodges#5680

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Acrobasis cirroferella #5684 or maybe angusella #5673? - Acrobasis ostryella Acrobasis ostryella hop hornbeam tubemaker moth - Acrobasis ostryella hop hornbeam tubemaker moth - Acrobasis ostryella Acrobasis ostryella (tentative) - Acrobasis ostryella Acrobasis ostryella ? - Acrobasis ostryella Acrobasis ostryella ? - Acrobasis ostryella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)
Subfamily Phycitinae
Tribe Phycitini
No Taxon (Acrobasis Group)
Genus Acrobasis
Species ostryella (Acrobasis ostryella - Hodges#5680)
Hodges Number
5680
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acrobasis ostryella Ely, 1913
* phylogenetic sequence #168550
Size
Larvae mature at 14.1-15.9 mm(1)
Identification
Larvae - head yellowish brown, sometimes with faint slightly darker maculation. Dorsum of body purplish with greenish undertones and pink to purple at overlap of segments; venter greenish with some pale purple or pink at overlap(1)
Range
Occurs throughout most of eastern United States and southeastern Canada(1)
Food
larval host is Ostrya virginiana(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page
Works Cited
1.Taxonomy of Acrobasis larvae and pupae in Eastern North America (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).
H. H. Neunzig. 1972. USDA Technical Bulletin 1457.
Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 4 January, 2010 - 1:04pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 June, 2012 - 11:26pm

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