Acrolepiopsis californica

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Acrolepiopsis californica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Acrolepiopsis
Species:
A. californica
Binomial name
Acrolepiopsis californica
Gaedike, 1984
Synonyms
  • Acrolepiopsis liliivoraGaedike, 1994

Acrolepiopsis californica is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in western California, western Oregon and Alberta. [1]

The length of the forewings is 4.4–6.7 mm.

Larvae have been reared on Lilium pardalinum , Lilium washingtonianum , Disporum hookeri and possibly Disporum trachycarpum . They have been observed mining the fruit of their host plant.

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