Acrobasis porphyrella

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Acrobasis porphyrella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Acrobasis
Species:
A. porphyrella
Binomial name
Acrobasis porphyrella
(Duponchel, 1836) [1]
Synonyms
  • Phycis porphyrellaDuponchel, 1836

Acrobasis porphyrella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is known from Spain, Portugal, France, Corsica, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, Italy and Croatia.

The larvae feed on Erica arborea and Erica scoparia .

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References

  1. "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-07.