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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)

Subfamily Acrolepiinae - False Diamondback Moths

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
caterpillar - Acrolepiopsis heppneri Acrolepiopsis assectella larvae - Acrolepiopsis assectella A. heppneri ex Smilax rotundifolia - Acrolepiopsis heppneri Glyphipterigidae, Diamondback Moth larva, hebivory, under side of leaf - Acrolepiopsis heppneri Glyphipterigidae, Diamondback Moth larva, herbivory on Greenbriar, - Acrolepiopsis heppneri - female Glyphipterigidae, Diamondback Moth larva, lateral - Acrolepiopsis heppneri - female Glyphipterigidae, Diamondback Moth, spent cocoon - Acrolepiopsis heppneri - female Glyphipterigidae, False Diamondback Moth, spent cocoons - Acrolepiopsis incertella
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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)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly included in family Plutellidae or considered a full family (Acrolepiidae); now a subfamily of Glyphipterigidae (Sohn et al. 2013).
Numbers
9 species in 3 genera in North America listed at All-Leps
Range
patchy distribution throughout United States and southern Canada; some species have a very restricted range
The 7 species of Acrolepiopsis are distributed as follows:
A. assectella: Ottawa area (Ontario) and adjacent part of Quebec
A. californica: west coast states
A. heppneri: New Hampshire, Connecticut, North Carolina, Illinois
A. incertella: New Hampshire to Florida, west to Texas and Illinois
A. leucoscia: Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, probably northern Mexico
A. liliivora: California, Oregon, Alberta
A. reticulosa: Wyoming
Remarks
Some information from this guide page was taken from the Acrolepiidae page created by John & Jane Balaban and Robin McLeod.
Print References
Sohn et al. 2013. A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use. PLoS One. 8(1): e55066.
Internet References
pinned adult images of 4 species of Acrolepiopsis and collection site maps (All-Leps)
photos and species accounts of 4 species of Acrolepiopsis (Terry Harrison, Illinois)
The Leek Moth; PDF doc (Richard Dunkle, USDA)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 28 March, 2014 - 3:55pm
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 16 March, 2016 - 3:44pm

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