Acrolophus piger

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Piger grass tubeworm moth
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Acrolophus
Species:
A. piger
Binomial name
Acrolophus piger
(Dyar, 1900) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ortholophus pigerDyar, 1900

Acrolophus piger, the piger grass tubeworm moth, is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1900. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. [2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm.

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