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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 » Sweetfern Leaf Casebearer - Hodges#5691 (Acrobasis comptoniella)

Species Acrobasis comptoniella - Sweetfern Leaf Casebearer - Hodges#5691

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Small 11 mm Moth - Acrobasis comptoniella Acrobasis comptoniella Acrobasis comptoniella Pyralidae: Acrobasis comptoniella - Acrobasis comptoniella Sweetfern Leaf Casebearer - Acrobasis comptoniella Sweetfern Leaf Casebearer - Acrobasis comptoniella Acrobasis sp. moth - Acrobasis comptoniella Sweetfern Leaf Casebearer? #1 - Acrobasis comptoniella
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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 comptoniella (Sweetfern Leaf Casebearer - Hodges#5691)
Hodges Number
5691
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acrobasis comptoniella Hulst, 1890
* phylogenetic sequence #168750
Size
22mm (based on Vargo specimen at MPG)
Larvae mature at 16.3-24.3 mm(1)
Identification
Larvae - head pale yellow to yellowish brown or reddish brown with reddish-brown to brown maculation. Dorsum of body pale to dark purplish brown, meson of thorax and anterior abdominal segments tannish; pale lateral patches on thorax followed by broad pale lateral streak on abdomen; venter pale purplish brown to purplish brown(1)
Range
Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario to Maine and south to New Jersey(1)
Season
Univoltine on Block Island, RI, with a flight from late June to late August peaking in late July and early August.(2)
Food
Comptonia asplenifolia (sweetfern - formerly in the genus Myrica), Myrica gale L. (bog-myrtle), M. pensylvanica (northern bayberry) (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomy of Acrobasis larvae and pupae in Eastern North America (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).
H. H. Neunzig. 1972. USDA Technical Bulletin 1457.
2.Block Island Moths
3.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 15.2 Pyralidae (Part) Phycitinae
H. H. Neunzig. 1986. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 27 July, 2007 - 3:26pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 16 June, 2022 - 2:11am

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