Acrobasis legatea
Species of moth
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Acrobasis legatea is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis. It was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811. It is found in most of Europe, except the north,[2] east to Russia and Kazakhstan.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Acrobasis |
| Species: | A. legatea |
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The wingspan is 19–25 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June to the beginning of September in one generation per year.[4]
The larvae feed on Rhamnus catharticus and Frangula alnus.
