Walnut Shoot Moth
Acrobasis demotella Grote, 1881
Walnut Shoot Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/6876
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Hodges #5674 
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20 Records

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Host plants include Black Walnut (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants).

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Acrobasis demotella
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Larva
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Acrobasis
Species:
A. demotella
Binomial name
Acrobasis demotella
Grote, 1881

Acrobasis demotella, the walnut shoot moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881.[1] It is found in North America, from Ontario south to North Carolina and west to Missouri and Michigan.

The wingspan is 20–24 mm.

The larva feeds on Juglans species, Carya illinoinensis and other Carya species.

References

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  1. ^ "Acrobasis Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
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