| Acrolepiopsis heppneri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acrolepiidae |
| Genus: | Acrolepiopsis |
| Species: | A. heppneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrolepiopsis heppneri Gaedike, 1984 | |
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.
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.
References
- Taxonomic review of the leek moth genus Acrolepiopsis (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae) in North America Archived March 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- "Moth Photographers Group – Acrolepiopsis heppneri – 2490.1". mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Acrolepiopsis heppneri | |
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