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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 » Acrolepiopsis heppneri - Hodges#2490.1 (Acrolepiopsis heppneri)

Species Acrolepiopsis heppneri - Hodges#2490.1

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caterpillar - Acrolepiopsis heppneri caterpillar - cocoon - Acrolepiopsis heppneri Acrolepiopsis heppneri - female Glyphipterigidae, Diamondback Moth larva, hebivory, under side of leaf - Acrolepiopsis heppneri Glyphipterigidae, Diamondback Moth larva, herbivory on Greenbriar, - Acrolepiopsis heppneri - female Glyphipterigidae, Diamondback Moth larva, dorsal - Acrolepiopsis heppneri - female Glyphipterigidae, Diamondback Moth, dorsal - Acrolepiopsis heppneri - female Glyphipterigidae, Diamondback Moth, spent cocoon - Acrolepiopsis heppneri - female
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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
Species heppneri (Acrolepiopsis heppneri - Hodges#2490.1)
Hodges Number
2490.1
Explanation of Names
Author: Gaedike, 1984.
Identification
Genitalia:
Life Cycle
1.larva 2.caterpillar with lacy cocoon 3.pupa with lacy cocoon 4.adult 5.lifecycle collage including leaf damage
Remarks
One of two univoltine species of Acrolepiopsis that feed on Smilax tamnoides in Illinois. Unlike A. incertella, which occurs as a larva in early May (central Illinois), the larva of A. heppneri feeds in late summer and early autumn. Both species overwinter in the adult stage. (Comment by Terry Harrison).
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
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 11 October, 2009 - 9:58am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Entz, Nick Block, marcie oconnor, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 3 June, 2024 - 3:05pm

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