Acrobasis demotella

Acrobasis demotella, the walnut shoot moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881.[1] It is found in North America, from Ontario south to North Carolina and west to Missouri and Michigan.

Acrobasis demotella
Adult
Larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Acrobasis
Species:
A. demotella
Binomial name
Acrobasis demotella
Grote, 1881

The wingspan is 20–24 mm.

The larva feed on Juglans species, Carya illinoinensis and other Carya species.

References

  1. "Acrobasis Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 15, 2017.


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