Acrobasis cirroferella

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Acrobasis cirroferella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Acrobasis
Species:
A. cirroferella
Binomial name
Acrobasis cirroferella
Hulst, 1892 [1]
Synonyms
  • Acrobasis myricellaBarnes & McDunnough, 1917
  • Acrobasis comptoniellaGrossbeck, 1917

Acrobasis cirroferella is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis . It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1892, and is known from the US states of Florida and Texas.

The larvae feed on Myrica cerifera .

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Acrobasis cirroferella Hulst, 1892". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 11, 2019.