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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 » Cordovan Pyralid - Hodges#5672  (Acrobasis exsulella)

Species Acrobasis exsulella - Cordovan Pyralid - Hodges#5672

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
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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
Genus Acrobasis
Species exsulella (Cordovan Pyralid - Hodges#5672 )
Hodges Number
5672
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acrobasis exsulella (Zeller, 1848)
original combination Myelois exsulella Zeller, 1848 (description)
* phylogenetic sequence #168400
Size
Larvae mature at 11.3-14.4 mm(1)
Identification
Larvae - head yellowish brown to reddish brown. Dorsum of body purplish brown with indistinct green or pale-purple undertones; venter slightly paler than dorsum(1)
Range
Illinois east to Maryland, south to Florida, west to Texas (Heinrich, 1956)
Food
larval hosts are Carya spp. Reared from Carya tomentosa and C. illinoensis(1)
Life Cycle
detailed biology given by Neunzig(1)
Internet References
MPG
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 tom murray on 26 September, 2009 - 9:54pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 4 September, 2015 - 8:37am

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