| Acrobasis tricolorella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Acrobasis |
| Species: | A. tricolorella |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrobasis tricolorella Grote, 1878 | |
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Acrobasis tricolorella, the destructive prune worm or tricolored acrobasis moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis . It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878, and is known from southern Canada and northern United States. [1] [2]
Adults are on wing from June to October. [3]
The larvae feed on Prunus , Malus pumila , Prunus armeniaca , Sorbus americana , Rosa , Amelanchier and Heteromeles arbutifolia . They feed on buds and fruits of their host plant. The larvae engage in leaf rolling behavior. [4] The species overwinters in the larval stage.
