''Acrobasis normella'' is a species of

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralida ...

in the genus ''

Acrobasis ''Acrobasis'' is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae.

''. It was described by

Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. (February 14, 1866 – January 21, 1929) was an American entomologist. Dyar's Law, a pattern of geometric progression in the growth of insect parts, is named after him. He was also noted for eccentric pursuits which includ ...

in 1908, and is known from

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, and central and eastern United States. The larvae feed on ''

Corylus americana ''Corylus americana'', the American hazelnut or American hazel, is a species of deciduous shrub in the genus ''Corylus'', native to the eastern and central United States and extreme southern parts of eastern and central Canada. Description The A ...

'' and ''

Corylus cornuta ''Corylus cornuta'', the beaked hazelnut (or just ''beaked hazel''), is a deciduous shrubby hazel with two subspecies found throughout most of North America. Description The beaked hazelnut can reach tall with stems thick with smooth gray ...

''.

References

Moths described in 1908 Acrobasis Moths of North America {{Acrobasis-stub