Acrolepiopsis heppneri
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| Acrolepiopsis heppneri Gaedike, 1984
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Acrolepiopsis heppneri is a moth of the Acrolepiidae family. It is found from Connecticut and New Hampshire in the east, south to Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, and west to Illinois.[1]
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.
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