Acrolepiidae

Taxobox

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image_caption = "Acrolepiopsis assectella"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Yponomeutoidea
familia = Acrolepiidae
familia_authority = Heinemann , 1870
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*Acrolepia Taxobox authority | author = Curtis | date = 1838
*Acrolepiopsis Taxobox authority | author = Gaedike | date = 1970
*Digitivalva Taxobox authority | author = Gaedike | date = 1970

The Acrolepiidae family of moths are also known as False Diamondback moths.

Caterpillars are typically 10 to 12 mm in length and spotted. Adults have a wingspan between 16 and 18 mm and are generally nocturnal.

pecies

Some representative species are:

*Acrolepia aiea, Swezey 1933
*Acrolepia alliella, Sato 1979
*Acrolepia autumnitella, Curtis 1838
*Acrolepia nothocestri, Busck 1914
*Acrolepiopsis assectella, Zeller, 1839
*Acrolepiopsis betulella, Curtis 1838
*Acrolepiopsis incertella, Chambers 1872
*Acrolepiopsis marcidella, Curtis 1850
*Acrolepiopsis sapporensis, Matsumura 1931
*Acrolepiopsis tauricella, Staudinger 1870
*Acrolepiopsis vesperella, Zeller 1850
*Digitivalva arnicella, Heyden 1863
*Digitivalva eglanteriella, Mann 1855
*Digitivalva granitella, Treitschke 1833
*Digitivalva occidentella, Klimesch 1956
*Digitivalva pulicariae, Klimesch 1956
*Digitivalva reticulella, Hübner 1796

References

*Gaedike R. (1969). "Contribution for the knowledge of the Acrolepiidae Fauna of the Balkan Peninsula"
*Carter, D. (1984). "Pest Lepidoptera of Europe". Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Boston.

External Links

* [http://www.microleps.org/Guide/Acrolepiidae/index.html Microleps] U.S.A.(Nearctic)
* [http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/a/acrolepia_autumnitella.html Naturhistoriska riksmuseet] Imago, genitalia images