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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) » Eastern Grass-tubeworm Moth - Hodges#0372 (Acrolophus plumifrontella)

Species Acrolophus plumifrontella - Eastern Grass-tubeworm Moth - Hodges#0372

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Internet References
Unknown moth - Acrolophus plumifrontella Eastern Grass-tubeworm Moth - Hodges#0372 - Acrolophus plumifrontella - male Unknown Moth - Acrolophus plumifrontella moth - Acrolophus plumifrontella 0372 – Eastern Grass Tubeworm Moth - Acrolophus plumifrontella - male Acrolophus plumifrontella - male Eastern Grass-tubeworm Moth 2 - Acrolophus plumifrontella - female Acrolophus plumifrontella ? - Acrolophus plumifrontella
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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 plumifrontella (Eastern Grass-tubeworm Moth - Hodges#0372)
Hodges Number
0372
Size
circa 28 mm wingspan (based on photo measurements)
Identification
See photos and Internet references. Identification of species in this genus is rather preliminary.
Internet References
Moth Photographer's Group
Maryland Moths
Contributed by Cotinis on 17 July, 2006 - 1:56pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Sexton
Last updated 18 May, 2017 - 8:56am

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