Biology:Acrolophus plumifrontella

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Short description: Species of moth

Acrolophus plumifrontella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Acrolophus
Species:
A. plumifrontella
Binomial name
Acrolophus plumifrontella
(Clemens, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Anaphora plumifrontella Clemens, 1859
  • Anaphora bombycina Zeller, 1873
  • Acrolophus bombycina
  • Acrolophus cervinus Walsingham, 1887
  • Acrolophus angustipennella Beutenmüller, 1887[1]

Acrolophus plumifrontella, the eastern grass-tubeworm moth,[2] is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana , Iowa, Kansas , Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee , Texas and Virginia.[3]

The wingspan is about 28 mm. Adults are on wing from April to October.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4676063 entry