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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

Genus Acrobasis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
Acrobasis tricolorella unknown moth - Acrobasis Moth - Acrobasis St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus marilandica SA430 2016 5 - Acrobasis minimella Phycitini ? - Acrobasis Pyralidae: Acrobasis? - Acrobasis Acrobasis ostryella ? - Acrobasis ostryella Acrobasis demotella
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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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acrobasis Zeller, 1839
Numbers
41 Acrobasis species occur in our area (1), making it the most speciose Pyralid genus in our area (Dioryctria is a close second with 40 species in our area).
24 species in Ontario (NHIC)
Size
Wingspan 12-22 mm.
Identification
Forewing usually gray or brownish, often with some whitish in median area; PM line usually jagged, conspicuous; AM line smoother, often bordered on one or both sides by color (red, orange, yellow); two dark spots usually present in median area near costa
hindwing uniformly gray or brown with no markings.
Male genitalia characteristic but very similar between species such that they are of little help in species identification within their respective species-groups
Range
Mostly eastern North America; the range of a couple of species extends to the west coast, and a couple of other species are restricted to the west
also occurs in Eurasia.
Habitat
Rich deciduous woodlands, wood edges.
Food
Larvae bore in the shoots and leaf stems of hickory, walnut, and several other trees and shrubs.
Life Cycle
See
Print References
Neunzig, H.H., 1986. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.(2)
Neunzig, H.H. (1972) Taxonomy of Acrobasis larvae and pupae in eastern North America (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). (3)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico
Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 15.2 Pyralidae (Part) Phycitinae
H. H. Neunzig. 1986. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.Taxonomy of Acrobasis larvae and pupae in Eastern North America (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).
H. H. Neunzig. 1972. USDA Technical Bulletin 1457.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 13 November, 2005 - 9:45am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 17 November, 2019 - 6:36am

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