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Acrobasis cunulae
At a 395nm UV light setup at the edge of a dense mixed forest.
ID based on this observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6893048
''Acrobasis cunulae'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Acrobasis''. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. and Heinrich, in 1929, and is known from Ontario, Canada, and eastern United States.
There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on ''Carya'' species, including ''Carya illinoensis''. Late stage larvae feed on the terminal leaflets of their host plant. They pull together the three most external leaflets with silk. They then construct a tube of frass.. more
Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
By Flown Kimmerling
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Uploaded Jul 31, 2019. Captured Jul 26, 2019 03:41 in 234 Oakman Rd NE, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.
