Acria gossypiella
Acria gossypiella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Tokuichi Shiraki.[1] It is found in Taiwan.[2]
| Acria gossypiella | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Acria |
| Species: | A. gossypiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Acria gossypiella (Shiraki, 1913) | |
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Adults are on wing at the end of June and in mid-December.
The larvae feed on cotton, tea, orange and camphor. The live in a web spun rectangularly on the mid-rib of the underside of a leaf of the host plant. On cotton however, it folds a leaf at the margin and lives within. The larvae are pale greenish with a rather broad greenish yellow dorsal stripe with and a pale yellowish green head. Full-grown larvae reach a length of about 17 mm. Pupation takes place in a thin cocoon spun in the web or folded leaf. The larvae can be found in May and December.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acria gossypiella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- Acria at funet
- Report of the Proceedings of the Entomological Meeting, 1919. Vol. 2. 1919 Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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