| Acrolophus laticapitana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acrolophidae |
| Genus: | Acrolophus |
| Species: | A. laticapitana |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrolophus laticapitana (Walsingham, 1884) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acrolophus laticapitana is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1884. It is found in North America, northern California to southern Arizona. [2]
The length of the forewings 6.5–9.5 mm. [3]
Acrolophidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. The family comprises the burrowing webworm moths and tube moths. The family holds about 300 species in five genera, which occur in the wild only in the New World. It is closely related to the Tineidae family.
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.
Acrolophus acornus is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Arizona.
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 mora, the dark acrolophus, is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881. It is found in North America, including Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Acrolophus mortipennella is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas.
Acrolophus propinqua is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Acrolophus crescentella is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in North America, including Arizona.
Acrolophus fumida is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in South America.
Acrolophus invida is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Panama.
Acrolophus pyramellus is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. It is found in North America, including Arizona, California and Nevada.
Acrolophus quadrellus is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. It is found in North America, including Arizona.
Acrolophus monoctenis is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Paraguay.
Acrolophus noctuina is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in the West Indies.
Acrolophus nubifer is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in South America.
Acrolophus setiacma is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Brazil.
Acrolophus uncispinis is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1915.
Acrolophus walsinghami is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Florida andPuerto Rico.