Clothes Moths and Tubeworm Moths (Tineidae)

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Grass Tubeworm Moth (Acrolophus sp.)
Riverbend Park, Catawba Co., NC
3 Aug 2012

Over 50 species on the US and many are difficult to ID to species.

Grass Tubeworm Moth (Acrolophus sp.)
Riverbend Park, Catawba Co., NC
3 Aug 2012

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.


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