Acrolepiopsis sapporensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Acrolepiidae |
Genus: | Acrolepiopsis |
Species: | A. sapporensis |
Binomial name | |
Acrolepiopsis sapporensis Matsumura, 1931 | |
Synonyms | |
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Acrolepiopsis sapporensis (Asiatic onion leafminer) is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is native to Asia, where it is found from China and Mongolia to Russia, Korea and Japan. It is an introduced species in Hawaii, where it was initially misidentified as Acrolepiopsis assectella .
The length of the forewings is 4.7–5 mm.
The larvae feed on Allium fistulosum , Allium cepa , Allium porrum , Allium odorum , Allium nipponicum and Allium schoenoprasum . The larvae attack the leaves but sometimes also the scape, bulb or seed capsule.
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Acrolepiopsis tauricella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found Italy, Switzerland, Hungary and Ukraine.
Acrolepiopsis vesperella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Greece and on the Canary Islands.
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Acrolepiopsis postomacula is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1931. It is found in Japan.
Acrolepiopsis suzukiella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1931. It is found in Japan.
Acrolepiopsis leucoscia is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in the central United States, from Texas north to Illinois, Missouri and Ohio.
Acrolepiopsis californica is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in western California, western Oregon and Alberta.
Acrolepiopsis heppneri is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found from Connecticut and New Hampshire in the east, south to Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, and west to Illinois.
Acrolepiopsis incertella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in the eastern half of North America, from southern Ontario to Florida and Mississippi in the south and to Illinois and Michigan in the west.
Acrolepiopsis reticulosa is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is only known from two widely separated locations in Wyoming and New Mexico.
Acrolepiopsis issikiella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It was described by Moriuti in 1961. It is found in Japan.
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Acrolepiopsis nagaimo is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It was described by Yasuda in 2000. It is found in Japan.