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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACROLEPIIDAE-
ADELIDAE-Fairy moths
AMPHISBATIDAE-
AUTOSTICHIDAE-
BATRACHEDRIDAE-Batrachedrid Moths
BEDELLIIDAE-Bedelliid Moths
BLASTOBASIDAE-
BOMBYCIDAE-
BUCCULATRICIDAE-
CARPOSINIDAE-
CHOREUTIDAE-Metalmark Moths
COLEOPHORIDAE-Casebearer Moths and Relatives
COSMOPTERIGIDAE-Cosmopterigid Moths
COSSIDAE-Carpenter Moths, Goat Moths
CRAMBIDAE-Grass Moths, Snout Moths
DEPRESSARIIDAE-
DREPANIDAE-Hook-tips and Thyatirid Moths
ELACHISTIDAE-Grassminer Moths and Relatives
EPERMENIIDAE-
EPIPYROPIDAE-
EREBIDAE-Erebid Moths
ERIOCRANIIDAE-
EUTELIIDAE-
GALACTICIDAE-
GELECHIIDAE-Gelechiid Moths; Twirler Moths
GEOMETRIDAE-Geometer Moths, Loopers
GLYPHIDOCERIDAE-
GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE-Sedge Moths
GRACILLARIIDAE-Leafblotch miner moths
HELIOZELIDAE-Shield bearer moths
HEPIALIDAE-Ghost or Swift Moths
HYBLAEIDAE-
INCURVARIIDAE-
LASIOCAMPIDAE-Tent Caterpillar Moths, Lappet Moths
LECITHOCERIDAE-Long-horned Moths
LIMACODIDAE-Slug Caterpillar Moths
LYONETIIDAE-Lyonetiid Moths
MEGALOPYGIDAE-Flannel Moths
MICROPTERIGIDAE-Mandibulate Moths
MIMALLONIDAE-
MOMPHIDAE-Mompha Moths
NEPTICULIDAE-Minute leaf miners
NOCTUIDAE-Owlet Moths
NOLIDAE-
NOTODONTIDAE-Prominents
OECOPHORIDAE-Oecophorid Moths
OPOSTEGIDAE-
PELEOPODIDAE-
PLUTELLIDAE-Diamondback Moths
PRODOXIDAE-Yucca Moths
PSYCHIDAE-Bagworm Moths
PTEROPHORIDAE-Plume Moths
PYRALIDAE-Pyralid Moths, Snout Moths
SATURNIIDAE-Giant Silkworm Moths
SCHRECKENSTEINIIDAE-Schreckensteiniid Moths
SESIIDAE-Clearwing Moths
SPHINGIDAE-Sphinx Moths
THYATIRIDAE-
THYRIDIDAE-Window-winged Moths
TINEIDAE-Clothes moths
TISCHERIIDAE-Tischerid Moths
TORTRICIDAE-Leafroller Moths
URANIIDAE-
URODIDAE-Urodid Moths
XYLORYCTIDAE-
YPONOMEUTIDAE-Ermine Moths
YPSOLOPHIDAE-Ypsolophid Moths
ZYGAENIDAE-
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Acrolepiidae Members:
Acrolepiopsis heppneri
Acrolepiopsis incertella
Acrolepiopsis leucoscia
Acrolepiopsis unidentified species
Acrolepiopsis
Members:
Acrolepiopsis heppneri
Acrolepiopsis incertella
Acrolepiopsis leucoscia
Acrolepiopsis unidentified species
4 NC Records
Acrolepiopsis heppneri
Gaedike, 1984 - No Common Name
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Yponomeutoidea
Family:
Acrolepiidae
Subfamily:
[Acrolepiinae]
Tribe:
[Acrolepiini]
P3 Number:
36a0231
MONA Number:
2490.10
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions:
Online Resources:
MPG
,
BugGuide
,
iNaturalist
,
Google
,
BAMONA
,
GBIF
,
BOLD
Technical Description, Adults:
Landry (2007)
Adult Markings:
Superficially indistinguishable from
A. incertella
(Landry, 2007).
Structural photos
Female genitalia; North Carolina; J.B. Sullivan.
Female genitalia; North Carolina; J.B. Sullivan.
Female genitalia; North Carolina; J.B. Sullivan.
Male genitalia; Madison County; Jim Petranka.
Male genitalia; Madison County; Jim Petranka.
Adult ID Requirements:
Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
This species occurs primarily in the Midwest and Northeast, but records are sparse from throughout this range
County Map:
Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Flight Dates:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Larval Host Plants:
Larvae feed on greenbriers (
Smilax
spp.). Landry (2007) reports Bristly Greenbrier (
S. hispida
) as a host plant, and BugGuide has a record for a larva on Common Greenbrier (
S. rotundifolia
). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. -
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See also Habitat Account for
General Greenbrier Tangles
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks:
GNR SNR [S2S4]
State Protection:
Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments:
Photo Gallery for
Acrolepiopsis heppneri
- None
Photos: 5
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-03-18
Madison Co.
Comment: Id based on genitalia.
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-03-18
Madison Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-03-11
Madison Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-03-13
Madison Co.
Comment: Determined by J.B. Sullivan based on dissection.
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-03-13
Madison Co.
Comment: Determined by J.B. Sullivan based on dissection.