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Tineidae 300087.3 – 0372   Acrolophus plumifrontella (Clemens, 1859)              Eastern Grass Tubeworm

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: plumifrontella (Clemens, 1859) (Anaphora) - MONA 1983: 0372 angustipennella Beutenmüller, 1887 (Acrolophus) bombycina (Zeller, 1873) (Anaphora) cervinus Walsingham, 1887 (Acrolophus)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Clemens, B., 1859. Contribution to American Lepidopterology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 11: 261. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Hasbrouck, F.F., 1964. Moths of the family Acrolophidae in America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 114: 546; figs. 54-58. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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