Acrolophus exigua | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Acrolophidae |
Genus: | Acrolophus |
Species: | A. exigua |
Binomial name | |
Acrolophus exigua Meyrick, 1915 | |
Acrolophus exigua is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in South America. [1]
The beet armyworm or small mottled willow moth is one of the best-known agricultural pest insects. It is also known as the asparagus fern caterpillar. It is native to Asia, but has been introduced worldwide and is now found almost anywhere its many host crops are grown. The voracious larvae are the main culprits. In the British Isles, where it is an introduced species and not known to breed, the adult moth is known as the small mottled willow moth.
Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic isopod of the family Cymothoidae. This parasite enters fish through the gills. The female attaches to the tongue and the male attaches on the gill arches beneath and behind the female. Females are 8–29 millimetres (0.3–1.1 in) long and 4–14 mm (0.16–0.55 in) wide. Males are approximately 7.5–15 mm (0.3–0.6 in) long and 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) wide. The parasite severs the blood vessels in the fish's tongue, causing the tongue to fall off. It then attaches itself to the remaining stub of the tongue and becomes the fish's new tongue.
Salix exigua is a species of willow native to most of North America except for the southeast and far north, occurring from Alaska east to New Brunswick, and south to northern Mexico. It is considered a threatened species in Massachusetts while the in Connecticut, Maryland, and New Hampshire it is considered endangered.
Acrolophus is a genus of moths in the family Acrolophidae, with, typically, great individual variation within species in color pattern, making field identification of many individuals difficult or impossible. It was described by Felipe Poey in 1832.
Phoma is a genus of common coelomycetous soil fungi. It contains many plant pathogenic species.
Acrolophus popeanella 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 arcanella is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in eastern North America.
The grass tubeworm or Texas grass tubeworm moth is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found from Maryland to Florida and to Texas.
Acrolophus macrogaster is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in North America, including Arizona.
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 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 sinclairi is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in North America, including California, New Mexico and Texas.
Acrolophus numidia is a moth of the family Acrolophidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1901. It is found in Mexico.
Acrolophus walsinghami is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Puerto Rico.
A. exigua may refer to:
Geodia exigua is a species of sponge that produces the sesquiterpene spiro compound exiguamide. The species was first described by Johannes Thiele in 1898. It is a marine organism known from Japan.
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