Acrolophus plumifrontella

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Acrolophus plumifrontella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolophidae
Genus: Acrolophus
Species:
A. plumifrontella
Binomial name
Acrolophus plumifrontella
(Clemens, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Anaphora plumifrontellaClemens, 1859
  • Anaphora bombycinaZeller, 1873
  • Acrolophus bombycina
  • Acrolophus cervinusWalsingham, 1887
  • Acrolophus angustipennellaBeutenmüller, 1887 [1]

Acrolophus plumifrontella, the eastern grass-tubeworm moth, [2] is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. [3]

The wingspan is about 28 mm. Adults are on wing from April to October. [4]

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