Acrobasis suavella, the thicket knot-horn, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1818 and is found in Europe.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Acrobasis |
| Species: | A. suavella
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The wingspan is 19–24 mm. The moth flies in one generation from June to September.[1]
The caterpillars preferably feed on blackthorn.
Notes
edit- ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
References
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
External links
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