Acrobasis tricolorella

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Acrobasis tricolorella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Acrobasis
Species:
A. tricolorella
Binomial name
Acrobasis tricolorella
Grote, 1878 [1]
Synonyms
  • Mineola scitulellaHulst, 1900

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.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The ground color of the forewing is grey dusted with white scales, with a bi-colored brown and white basal crossband, a small elongate discal spot and a blackish and white apical zigzag band. The hindwings are broad and white with greyish margins. [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 species overwinters in the larval stage.

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References

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  2. "University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum". Entomology.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  3. "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 2011-12-16.