Acrobasis elyi
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Species of moth
| Acrobasis elyi | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Acrobasis |
| Species: | A. elyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrobasis elyi Neunzig, 1970[1]
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Acrobasis elyi is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis . It was described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1970, and is known from Connecticut to Florida in the United States.
There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Carya species including Carya tomentosa . The species overwinters in the larval stage.
References
[edit ]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Acrobasis elyi Neunzig, 1970". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
- ^ Neunzig, H. H. (1972). Taxonomy of Acrobasis larvae and pupae in Eastern North America . Retrieved December 16, 2011 – via Books.google.nl.
