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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Burrowing Webworm Moths (Acrolophinae) » Tubeworm Moths (Acrolophus) » Acrolophus griseus - Hodges#0355 (Acrolophus griseus)

Species Acrolophus griseus - Hodges#0355

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Acrolophus griseus? - Acrolophus griseus - male

Acrolophus griseus? - Acrolophus griseus

Mystery Grass Tubeworm - Acrolophus griseus

Clemens' Tube Grassworm? - Acrolophus griseus

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)

Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)

Subfamily Acrolophinae (Burrowing Webworm Moths)

Genus Acrolophus (Tubeworm Moths)

Species griseus (Acrolophus griseus - Hodges#0355)

Hodges Number

0355

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acrolophus griseus (Walsingham, 1887)

Hypoclopus griseus Walsingham, 1887 (1)

Numbers

There are more than 53 species of the genus Acrolophus in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Wingspan 22-26 mm. (2), (1)

Identification

Walsingham (1887) original description as Hypoclopus griseus is available in PDF. (1)

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Range

California and Nevada to Texas. (4), (2), (5)

Season

The main flight period is April to July. (2)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Walsingham, L. 1887. A revision of the genera Acrolophus, Poey, and Anaphora, Clem. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 35(2): 144. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)(3)

Works Cited

1.	IX. A revision of the genera Acrolophus, Poey, and Anaphora, Clem Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1887. Transactions of The Royal Entomological Society of London 35(2): 137-173.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

5.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 February, 2012 - 12:18pm
Last updated 13 December, 2013 - 11:27pm

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