Acrobasis tricolorella: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pyralidae
Genus
Acrobasis
Species
Scientific Name
Acrobasis tricolorella

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Acrobasis tricolorella

Acrobasis tricolorella, the destructive prune worm or tricolored acrobasis moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878, and is known from southern Canada and northern United States.

Adults are on wing from June to October.

The larvae feed on Prunus, Malus pumila, Prunus armeniaca, Sorbus americana, Rosa, Amelanchier and Heteromeles arbutifolia. They feed on buds and fruits of their host plant. The larvae engage in leaf rolling behavior. The species overwinters in the larval stage.

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Acrobasis tricolorella
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Acrobasis tricolorella
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Acrobasis tricolorella
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Acrobasis tricolorella
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Acrobasis tricolorella
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Acrobasis tricolorella
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Acrobasis tricolorella
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