Acrolophus acanthogona

Acrolophus acanthogona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Acrolophidae
Genus:	Acrolophus
Species:	A. acanthogona
Binomial name
	Acrolophus acanthogona; Meyrick, 1919
Synonyms
	Acrolophus acanthogonus;

Last updated March 06, 2019

Acrolophus acanthogona is a moth of the family Acrolophidae.^[1] It is found in Texas.

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Acrolophidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. In addition, there are about 300 species, which live in the wild only in the New World.

Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast.

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acrolophus acanthogona". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acrolophus acanthogona". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.