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Acrobasis kearfottella

Wikipedia Abstract

Acrobasis kearfottella, Kearfott's acrobasis moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis. It was described by Dyar in 1905, and is known from Quebec, Canada, and the eastern United States. The wingspan is about 20 mm. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on Carya species, including Carya tomentosa, Carya glabra, Carya ovata and Carya cordiformis. They feed on the newly expanding leaflets of their host plant from within a tube. The species overwinters in the larval stage. Pupation takes place within the tube.
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Prey / Diet

Carya alba (mockernut hickory)[1]
Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)[1]
Carya glabra (pignut hickory)[1]
Carya ovata (carya ovata australis)[1]
Juglans cinerea (butternut)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0