An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada
Author
Pohl, Greg
Northern Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton ,, Canada
Author
Anweiler, Gary
University of Alberta Strickland Entomology Museum ,, Canada
Author
Schmidt, Christian
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Canada
Author
Kondla, Norbert
Calgary ,, Canada
text
ZooKeys
2010
2010-03-05
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journal article
10.3897/zookeys.38.383
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12.
Acrolophidae
– tube moths
Small to medium-sized (
15–35 mm
wingspan) drab tan and brown mottled moths with rounded wings and stout bodies. Larvae construct long silken tubes in soil or litter. Most species feed on detritus or plant debris, but some feed on living plants, dung, or fungi.
Acrolophids are restricted to the New World, and their diversity is highest in the neotropics. Approximately 270 species are known worldwide, and 64 species are known from North America, mostly from the Southwest. One species is known from AB. Two genera of acrolophids occur in North America;
Acrolophus
was revised by
Hasbrouck (1964)
, and
Amydria
was treated by
Dietz (1905)
as part of the subfamily
Amydriinae
in the
Tineidae
. In many older works, this family was placed within the
Tineidae
.
54 * R
Amydria effrentella
Clemens, 1859 Jun
m – G T:
Dietz (1905)
L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC, NFRC