Acrobasis suavella

Acrobasis suavella, the thicket knot-horn, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1818 and is found in Europe.

Fig. 5 larva after final moult on its foodplant in galleries of frass covered webon stunted sloe bushes

Acrobasis suavella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Acrobasis
Species:
A. suavella
Binomial name
Acrobasis suavella
(Zincken, 1818)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phycis suavella Zincken, 1818
  • Trachycera suavella
  • Mineola supposita Heinrich, 1940
  • Phycita porphyrea Stephens, 1834

The wingspan is 19–24 mm. The moth flies in one generation from June to September.

The caterpillars preferably feed on blackthorn.

Notes
  1. ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 16, 2017.


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