Acrobasis tricolorella

Acrobasis tricolorella

"Acrobasis tricolorella", the destructive prune worm or tricolored acrobasis moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus "Acrobasis". It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878, and is known from southern Canada and northern United States.
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Appearance

Adults are on wing from June to October.

Food

The larvae feed on "Prunus", "Malus pumila", "Prunus armeniaca", "Sorbus americana", "Rosa", "Amelanchier" and "Heteromeles arbutifolia". They feed on buds and fruits of their host plant. The species overwinters in the larval stage.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPyralidae
GenusAcrobasis
SpeciesA. tricolorella
Photographed in
United States of America