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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 » Hickory Shoot Borer Moth - Hodges#5664 (Acrobasis caryae)

Species Acrobasis caryae - Hickory Shoot Borer Moth - Hodges#5664

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
An Acrobasis sp. - Acrobasis caryae unknown - Acrobasis caryae Pennsylvania Moth - Acrobasis caryae Phycitini ? - Acrobasis caryae Acrobasis caryae? - Acrobasis caryae hickory shoot borer moth - Acrobasis caryae Acrobasis caryae Hickory Shoot Borer Moth - Acrobasis caryae
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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 caryae (Hickory Shoot Borer Moth - Hodges#5664)
Hodges Number
5664
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acrobasis caryae Grote, 1881
Explanation of Names
named for the genus of its host Carya (Hickory)
Size
Larvae mature at 12.5-15.3 mm. (1)
Identification
Larvae - head reddish brown to dark reddish brown usually with dark-brown maculation. Dorsum of body pale yellowish green; dorsum of thorax mostly pale yellow; overlap of segments pale yellow, in some larvae becoming pink; venter pale yellowish green.(1) [Randy Hardy]
Print References
Neunzig, H.H., 1986. The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 15.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 33; pl. 3.29-34. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomy of Acrobasis larvae and pupae in Eastern North America (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).
H. H. Neunzig. 1972. USDA Technical Bulletin 1457.
2.The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 15.2 Pyralidae (Part) Phycitinae
H. H. Neunzig. 1986. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 March, 2010 - 5:59pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 February, 2014 - 12:58am

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