Biology:Acria gossypiella

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Short description: Species of insect

Acria gossypiella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Acria
Species:
A. gossypiella
Binomial name
Acria gossypiella
(Shiraki, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Oxygrapha gossypiella Shiraki, 1913
  • Acleris gossypiella

Acria gossypiella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Tokuichi Shiraki.[1] It is found in Taiwan.[2]

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

Wikidata ☰ Q13226813 entry