Acrolophus laticapitana

Acrolophus laticapitana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Acrolophidae
Genus:	Acrolophus
Species:	A. laticapitana
Binomial name
*Acrolophus laticapitana* (Walsingham, 1884)^[1]
Synonyms
Pseudoconchylis laticapitana Walsingham, 1884 Acrolophus laticapitanus Phalonia unistrigana Dyar 1903 Acrolophus leopardus Busck 1910 Acrolophus occidens Busck 1910 Acrolophus flavicomus Busck 1912 Acrolophus clarkei Hasbrouck 1964 Acrolophus heinrichi Hasbrouck 1964

Acrolophus laticapitana is a moth of the Acrolophidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1884. It is found in North America, northern California to southern Arizona.^[2]

The length of the forewings 6.5-9.5 mm. Adults are slender and pale yellow to tan or whitish gray.^[3]

Subspecies

Acrolophus laticapitana laticapitana
Acrolophus laticapitana unistriganus Dyar, 1903

References

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