''Acrobasis stigmella'' 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 Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1908, and is known from

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, and the eastern United States. There is probably only one generation per year. 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 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 glabra'' and '' Carya pallida''. They generally feed on the buds of their host plant, but may also feed within a shoot for a short period of time. The species

overwinter Overwintering is the process by which some organisms pass through or wait out the winter season, or pass through that period of the year when "winter" conditions (cold or sub-zero temperatures, ice, snow, limited food supplies) make normal activ ...

s in the larval stage. Pupation takes place in the soil.

References

Moths described in 1908 Acrobasis Moths of North America Taxa named by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. {{Acrobasis-stub