Hickory Shoot Borer Moth

Acrobasis caryae

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae

Acrobasis caryae, the hickory shoot borer, is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881, and is known from southeastern Ontario, Canada, and the eastern United States. The larvae feed on Carya species, including Carya cordiformis, Carya tomentosa, Carya pallida, Carya glabra, Carya ovata and Carya carolinae-septentrionalis.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 77Canada · 26

Sources and credits

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Hickory Shoot Borer Moth

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