| Acrolepiopsis heppneri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acrolepiidae |
| Genus: | Acrolepiopsis |
| Species: | A. heppneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrolepiopsis heppneri Gaedike, 1984
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Acrolepiopsis heppneri is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found from Connecticut and New Hampshire in the east, south to Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, and west to Illinois.[1][2]
The length of the forewings 5–5.6 mm.
Larvae have been reared on Smilax tamnoides. They skeletonize the underside of a leaf of their host plant from within a black, frass-covered silken tube. placed alongside a leaf vein. The larvae are pale green with a pale brownish-yellow head.
References[edit]
- ^ Taxonomic review of the leek moth genus Acrolepiopsis (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae) in North America Archived March 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Moth Photographers Group – Acrolepiopsis heppneri – 2490.1". mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-13.