Acrobasis Caulivorella
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''Acrobasis caulivorella'' 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 Herbert H. Neunzig in 1986, and is known from
Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...
, United States. The larvae feed on ''
Carya illinoensis The pecan ( , , ; ''Carya illinoinensis'') is a species of hickory native to the Southern United States and northern Mexico in the region of the Mississippi River. The tree is cultivated for its seed primarily in the U.S. states of Georgia, ...
''.


References

Moths described in 1986 Acrobasis Moths of North America {{Acrobasis-stub