Acrobasis caryae

Acrobasis caryae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Acrobasis
Species:
A. caryae
Binomial name
Acrobasis caryae
Grote, 1881
Synonyms
  • Acrobasis caryaevorella Dyar, 1908
Acrobasis caryae, hickory shoot borer
Acrobasis caryae, hickory shoot borer, Size: 8.8 mm

Acrobasis caryae, the hickory shoot borer, is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881, and is known from southeastern Ontario, Canada, and the eastern United States.

The larvae feed on Carya species, including Carya cordiformis, Carya tomentosa, Carya pallida, Carya glabra, Carya ovata and Carya carolinae-septentrionalis. They feed within the shoots of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Markku Savela. "Acrobasis Zeller, 1839". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  2. ↑ "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2011-12-16.