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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Sedge and False Diamondback Moths (Glyphipterigidae) » False Diamondback Moths (Acrolepiinae) » Acrolepiopsis » Acrolepiopsis assectella - Hodges#2492.1 (Acrolepiopsis assectella)

Species Acrolepiopsis assectella - Hodges#2492.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Glyphipterigidae (Sedge and False Diamondback Moths)
Subfamily Acrolepiinae (False Diamondback Moths)
Genus Acrolepiopsis
Species assectella (Acrolepiopsis assectella - Hodges#2492.1)
Hodges Number
2492.1
Other Common Names
Leek moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acrolepiopsis assectella (Zeller, 1839) (1)
Roeslerstammia assectella Zeller, 1839
Phylogenetic sequence # 077775
Size
The wingspan is about 12 mm.
Identification

Range
Northeastern North America; Europe, North Africa, North America, Japan.
Season
The adults are most common from March to September. (2)
Food
The larval host plants include Allium species. (1)
Remarks
There are many websites with information on the pest status of Acrolepiopsis assectella.
Print References
Landry, J.-F., 2007. Taxonomic review of the leek moth genus Acrolepiopsis (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae) in North America. The Canadian Entomologist, 139(3): 319-353.
Zeller, 1839. Isis, Leipzig 1839: 203.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
UK Moths
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic review of the leek moth genus Acrolepiopsis (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae) in North America
Jean-Francois Landry. 2007. The Canadian Entomologist, 139(3): 319-353.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 August, 2013 - 7:06pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2
Last updated 21 August, 2019 - 7:25am

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