Acrolepiopsis heppneri explained

Acrolepiopsis heppneri is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found from Connecticut and New Hampshire in the east, south to Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, and west to Illinois.[1] [2]

The length of the forewings 5–5.6 mm.

Larvae have been reared on Smilax tamnoides. They skeletonize the underside of a leaf of their host plant from within a black, frass-covered silken tube.placed alongside a leaf vein. The larvae are pale green with a pale brownish-yellow head.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bolinfonet.org/pdf/LandryJF_Acrolepiopsis_TCE_2007.pdf Taxonomic review of the leek moth genus Acrolepiopsis (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae) in North America
  2. Web site: Moth Photographers Group – Acrolepiopsis heppneri – 2490.1. mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. 2017-01-13.