Acrolophus propinqua

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Acrolophus propinqua
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolophidae
Genus: Acrolophus
Species:
A. propinqua
Binomial name
Acrolophus propinqua
(Walsingham, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Anaphora propinquaWalsingham, 1887
  • Acrolophus propinquus
  • Anaphora tenuisWalsingham, 1887
  • Acrolophus violaceellusBeutenmüller, 1887
  • Anaphora busckellaHaimbach, 1915

Acrolophus propinqua (Walsingham's grass tubeworm moth) is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. [1] It is found in North America, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. [2]

The wingspan is 22–26 mm.

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<i>Acrolophus</i> Genus of moths

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<i>Acrolophus plumifrontella</i> Species of moth

Acrolophus plumifrontella, the eastern grass-tubeworm moth, 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.

<i>Acrolophus popeanella</i> Species of moth

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.

<i>Acrolophus arcanella</i> Species of moth

Acrolophus arcanella is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in eastern North America.

<i>Acrolophus texanella</i> Species of moth

Acrolophus texanella 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.

<i>Acrolophus mora</i> Species of moth

Acrolophus morus, 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.

<i>Acrolophus panamae</i> Species of moth

Acrolophus panamae, the Panama grass tubeworm moth, is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

<i>Acrolophus cressoni</i>

Acrolophus cressoni is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, 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 noctuina is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in the West Indies.

Acrolophus pristinella is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Venezuela.

Acrolophus pusilla is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Colombia.

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

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

<i>Cyana propinqua</i> Species of moth

Cyana propinqua is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Alfred Ernest Wileman in 1910. It is found in Taiwan.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acrolophus propinqua". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  2. mothphotographersgroup