''Acrobasis caryae'', the hickory shoot borer, is a species of

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family (biology), family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian Taxonomic rank, superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Cramb ...

in the genus ''

Acrobasis ''Acrobasis'' is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae.

''. It was described by

Augustus Radcliffe Grote Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who Species description, described over 1,000 species of Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columb ...

in 1881, and is known from southeastern

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, and the eastern United States. The larvae feed on ''

Carya Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus ''Carya'', which includes 19 species accepted by ''Plants of the World Online''. Seven species are native to southeast Asia in China, Indochina, and northeastern India (Assam), and twelve ...

'' species, including ''

Carya cordiformis ''Carya cordiformis'', the bitternut hickory, also called bitternut, yellowbud hickory, or swamp hickory, is a large hickory species native to the eastern United States and adjacent Canada. Notable for its unique sulphur-yellow buds, it is one ...

'', ''

Carya tomentosa ''Carya tomentosa'', commonly known as mockernut hickory, mockernut, white hickory, whiteheart hickory, hognut, bullnut, is a species of tree in the walnut family Juglandaceae. The most abundant of the Carya, hickories, and common in the eastern ...

'', '' Carya pallida'', '' Carya glabra'', ''

Carya ovata ''Carya ovata'', the shagbark hickory, is a common hickory native to eastern North America, with two Variety (botany), varieties. The trees can grow to quite a large size but are unreliable in their fruit output. The nut is consumed by wildlife a ...

'' and '' Carya carolinae-septentrionalis''. They feed within the shoots of their host plant.

References

Moths described in 1881 Acrobasis Moths of North America Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote {{Acrobasis-stub