Acria gossypiella
| Acria gossypiella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Acria |
| Species: | A. gossypiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Acria gossypiella (Shiraki, 1913) | |
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Acria gossypiella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Shiraki.[1] It is found in Taiwan.[2]
Adults are on wing at the end of June and in mid-December.
The larvae feed on cotton, tea, orange and camphor. The live in a web spun rectangularly on the mid-rib of the underside of a leaf of the host plant. On cotton however, it folds a leaf at the margin and lives within. The larvae are pale greenish with a rather broad greenish yellow dorsal stripe with and a pale yellowish green head. Full-grown larvae reach a length of about 17 mm. Pupation takes place in a thin cocoon spun in the web or folded leaf. The larvae can be found in May and December.[3]
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