Asaphocrita aphidiella

Asaphocrita aphidiella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in North America, including British Columbia, Washington, California, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Maine, New Hampshire and Ohio.[1]

Asaphocrita aphidiella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Asaphocrita
Species:
A. aphidiella
Binomial name
Asaphocrita aphidiella
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Holcocera aphidiella Walsingham, 1907
  • Blastobasis aphidiella
  • Holcocera cardinella Dietz (manuscript name)
  • Holcocera dives Dietz, 1910
  • Holcocera dives var. basipallidella Dietz, 1910
  • Holcocera confluentella Dietz, 1910
  • Holcocera simplicis McDunnough, 1961

The wingspan is about 15 mm.[2]

Larvae have been reared on the contents of Phylloxera galls on hickory.[3]

References
  1. "Moth Photographers Group – Asaphocrita aphidiella – 1171". mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  2. "Asaphocrita aphidiella 1171 - Asaphocrita aphidiella - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  3. Adamski, D; Hodges, R W (1996). "An annotated list of North American Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 98: 708–740.


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