- Acrolepiidae
image_caption = "Acrolepiopsis assectella "
image_width = 250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
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 = 1970The Acrolepiidae family of
moth s 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:
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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 1796References
*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
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