Acrolepiopsis incertella

Acrolepiopsis incertella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in the eastern half of North America, from southern Ontario to Florida and Mississippi in the south and to Illinois and Michigan in the west.[1]

Acrolepiopsis incertella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Acrolepiopsis
Species:
A. incertella
Binomial name
Acrolepiopsis incertella
(Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Heribeia incertella Chambers, 1872
  • Acrolepia incertella
  • Agriope dorsimaculella Chambers, 1873

The length of the forewings 4.3–6 mm.

References
  1. Taxonomic review of the leek moth genus Acrolepiopsis (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae) in North America Archived March 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine


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