Acrobasis juglandis, the pecan leaf casebearer, is a moth of the family Pyralidae.[1] It is found in Ontario, from Vermont south to Florida and from North Dakota to New Mexico.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Acrobasis |
Species: | A. juglandis
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Binomial name | |
Acrobasis juglandis (LeBaron, 1872)
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Its wingspan is about 18 mm.
The larva feeds on Carya illinoensis, Juglans nigra, Juglans cinerea and Juglans microcarpa.
References
edit- ^ "Acrobasis Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 16, 2017.