Hickory Shoot Moth
Acrobasis caryaevorella Dyar, 1908
Hickory Shoot Moth: https://www.marylandbiodiversity.org/species/6879
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Hodges #5686 
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6 Records

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Relationships

Larval hosts are hickories and perhaps walnuts (Glaser, Micromoths).

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Acrobasis caryae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Acrobasis
Species:
A. caryae
Binomial name
Acrobasis caryae
Grote, 1881[1]
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.[2]

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

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  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.
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