Acrobasis exsulella, commonly known as the cordovan pyralid , is a of snout moth described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848. It belongs to the Acrobasis within the Pyralidae. The species is known from the southeastern United States. Information regarding its , plants, and ecological relationships remains limited in the available literature.
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Distribution
Southeastern United States.
Similar Taxa
- Acrobasis nuxvorellaBoth are congeneric snout moths in the Acrobasis, but A. nuxvorella is a major pest of pecan with well-documented , whereas A. exsulella is not associated with pecan and has a different geographic distribution.
- Acrobasis betulellaAnother congeneric ; A. betulella is a known for the Calliephialtes grapholithae, with documented larval , while A. exsulella's host relationships remain unrecorded.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- Acrobasis nuxvorell Archives - Entomology Today
- Pecan Nut Casebearer: New Guide Provides IPM Options
- Bug Eric: Wasp Wednesday: Mesostenus
- Bug Eric: A Potential New Host Record for Calliephialtes grapholithae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from a Paper Wasp nest (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistes metricus)