Acrobasis rubrifasciella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Acrobasis |
Species: | A. rubrifasciella
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Binomial name | |
Acrobasis rubrifasciella | |
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Acrobasis rubrifasciella, the alder tubemaker moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis. It was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1874, and is known from central-eastern Canada and eastern United States.
The larvae feed on Alnus species, including Alnus serrulata and Alnus rugosa. Young larvae feed on wintered leaf-buds of their host plant.[2]