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Species Acrobasis caryivorella - Hickory Shoot Moth - Hodges#5686

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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 caryivorella (Hickory Shoot Moth - Hodges#5686)

Hodges Number

5686

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acrobasis caryaevorella Dyar, 1908

synonym Acrobasis caryivorella Ragonot, 1887 (from MPG)

* phylogenetic sequence #168650

Size

Larvae mature at 15.5-19.3 mm(1)

Identification

Larvae - Head reddish brown to dark reddish brown usually with indistinct maculation. Dorsal and lateral aspects of thorax dark olive green becoming pale olive green on abdomen; pale lateral patches on thorax and broad pale lateral streak on abdomen ; venter pale olive green.(1)

Range

probably occurs throughout most of eastern United States and southeastern Canada.(1)

Food

larval host is Carpinus caroliniana(1)

Life Cycle

For detailed biology see Neunzig(1)

Larvae bore into new shoots then tie them together with silken thread. Full grown larvae construct oval cocoons.(2)

Two to 4 generations per year depending on the region(2)

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.

2.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 12 September, 2010 - 11:56pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Marci Hess, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 26 August, 2023 - 1:45pm

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