Biology:Acrolepiopsis heppneri
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Short description: Species of moth
Acrolepiopsis heppneri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Acrolepiidae |
Genus: | Acrolepiopsis |
Species: | A. heppneri
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Binomial name | |
Acrolepiopsis heppneri Gaedike, 1984
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Acrolepiopsis heppneri is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found from Connecticut and New Hampshire in the east, south to Tennessee , Alabama and Mississippi, and west to Illinois.[1][2]
The length of the forewings 5–5.6 mm.
Larvae have been reared on Smilax tamnoides. They skeletonize the underside of a leaf of their host plant from within a black, frass-covered silken tube. placed alongside a leaf vein. The larvae are pale green with a pale brownish-yellow head.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q4675851 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrolepiopsis heppneri.
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