Acrobasis elyi
Species of moth
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acrobasis elyi is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis. It was described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1970, and is known from Connecticut to Florida in the United States.
| Acrobasis elyi | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Acrobasis |
| Species: | A. elyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrobasis elyi Neunzig, 1970[1] | |
There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Carya species including Carya tomentosa. The species overwinters in the larval stage.
