''Acrobasis juglandis'', the pecan leaf casebearer, is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Pyralidae The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyr ...

."''Acrobasis'' Zeller, 1839"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved June 16, 2017. It is found in

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, from

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south to

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and from

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. Its

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is about 18 mm. The larva feeds 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, ...

'', ''

Juglans nigra ''Juglans nigra'', the eastern American black walnut, is a species of deciduous tree in the walnut family, Juglandaceae, native to central and eastern North America, growing mostly in riparian zones. Black walnut is susceptible to thousand can ...

'', ''

Juglans cinerea ''Juglans cinerea'', commonly known as butternut or white walnut,Snow, Charles Henry ''The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties'' 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1908. p. 56. is a species of walnut native to the e ...

'' and ''

Juglans microcarpa ''Juglans microcarpa'', known also as the little walnut, Texas walnut, Texas black walnut or little black walnut (as it belongs to the "black walnuts" section ''Juglans'' sect. ''Rhysocaryon''), is a large shrub or small tree (10–30 ft ta ...

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References

Moths described in 1872 Acrobasis Moths of North America {{Acrobasis-stub