Acrolophus bidens

Acrolophus bidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Acrolophidae
Genus:	Acrolophus
Species:	A. bidens
Binomial name
	Acrolophus bidens; Walsingham, 1915

Last updated March 06, 2019

Acrolophus bidens is a moth of the Acrolophidae family. It is found in Central America.^[1]

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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.

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Clemens' grass tubeworm moth is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in the eastern United States, from New Jersey and Ohio south to Florida and west to Illinois, Nebraska and Texas.

Acrolophus fervidus is a moth of the family Acrolophidae described by August Busck in 1912. It is found in Costa Rica, Mexico and Texas.

Acrolophus arcasalis is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in the West Indies.

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Walsingham's grass tubeworm moth is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

Acrolophus cockerelli is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in North America, including Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon and Texas.

Acrolophus echinon is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Mexico.

Acrolophus harparsen is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Puerto Rico.

Acrolophus mimasalis is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in the West Indies.

Acrolophus maculata is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Brazil.

Acrolophus numidia is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Mexico.

Acrolophus walsinghami is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Puerto Rico.

References

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