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Acrolophus
Sign in to saveAcrolophus is a genus of moths in the family Acrolophidae, with, typically, great individual variation within species in color pattern, making field identification of many individuals difficult or impossible. It was described by Felipe Poey in 1832.
Species
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyCompositae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,792
- With media
- 41
- Family
- Tineidae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, GMNH, YPM, DMNS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Acrolophidae
- Image
- Acrolophus sp..jpg
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- taxon name
- Acrolophus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Acrolophus
- Commons category
- Acrolophus
- taxon common name
- Tubeworm Moths
- taxonomic type
- Acrolophus vitellus
- has host
- Parthenium hysterophorus
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Acrolophus is a genus of moths in the family Acrolophidae, with, typically, great individual variation within species in color pattern, making field identification of many individuals difficult or impossible. It was described by Felipe Poey in 1832.
==Species==
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