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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 » 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 · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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

No Taxon (Acrobasis Group)

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]

Life Cycle

Overwinter as larvae in a small case near the base of a bud.(2)

Second generation larvae bore into newly-set nuts. Older larva feed on the shucks only and cause little or no damage.(2)

3-4 generations per year in the south.(2)

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. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (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.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

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 Maury J. Heiman on 15 March, 2010 - 5:59pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Marci Hess
Last updated 26 August, 2023 - 1:47pm

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