''Acrolepiopsis californica'' is a

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of the family

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. It is found in western

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, western

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and

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.Taxonomic review of the leek moth genus Acrolepiopsis (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae) in North America
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'', '' Disporum hookeri'' and possibly '' Disporum trachycarpum''. They have been observed mining the fruit of their host plant. The larvae have also been found webbing and eating the inflorescence bud when young and expanding the web onto a subtending leaf. When older, they continue to feed by skeletonizing the underside of one of the two terminal leaves.

References

Moths described in 1984 Acrolepiidae {{Yponomeutoidea-stub