Biology:Acrobasis caryae
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Acrobasis |
| Species: | A. caryae
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrobasis caryae Grote, 1881[1]
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Acrobasis caryae, the hickory shoot borer, is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881, and is known from southeastern Ontario, Canada , and the eastern United States.[2]
The larvae feed on Carya species, including Carya cordiformis, Carya tomentosa, Carya pallida, Carya glabra, Carya ovata and Carya carolinae-septentrionalis. They feed within the shoots of their host plant.
References
- ↑ Markku Savela. "Acrobasis Zeller, 1839". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/pyralidae/phycitinae/acrobasis/. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- ↑ "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5664. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
Wikidata ☰ Q4675171 entry
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