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Acrolepiopsis californica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Acrolepiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acrolepiopsis

Acrolepiopsis californica is a moth of the Acrolepiidae family. It is found in western California, western Oregon and Alberta.

The length of the forewings 4.4–6.7 mm.

Larvae have been reared on Lilium pardalinum, Lilium washingtonianum, Disporum hookeri and possibly Disporum trachycarpum. They have been observed mining the fruit of their host plant. The larvae have also been found webbing and eating the inflorescence bud when young and expanding the web onto a subtending leaf. When older, they continue to feed by skeletonizing the underside of one of the two terminal leaves.

References

Acrolepiopsis californica Wikipedia