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Acrobasis rubrifasciella
alder tubemaker moth
Acrobasis rubrifasciella, commonly known as the alder tubemaker moth, is a small snout moth described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1874. The species occurs in central-eastern Canada and the eastern United States. Its larvae are specialized feeders on Alnus (alder) species, with young larvae consuming wintered leaf-buds of their host plants. The species has been documented as a host for the parasitoid wasp Calliephialtes grapholithae.