Acrobasis caryae

Acrobasis caryae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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, 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]

Acrobasis caryae, hickory shoot borer

Acrobasis caryae, hickory shoot borer, Size: 8.8 mm

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

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

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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.