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Acrolophus mortipennella

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Acrolophus mortipennella is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas.[2]

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Acrolophus mortipennella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Acrolophus
Species:
A. mortipennella
Binomial name
Acrolophus mortipennella
(Grote, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
  • Anaphora mortipennella Grote, 1872
  • Hypoclopus quadripunctellus Dyar 1900
  • Acrolophus carphologa Meyrick 1919
  • Acrolophus zeela Hasbrouck 1964
  • Acrolophus mortipennellus Grote, 1872
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The wingspan is 23–30 mm.[3]

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