''Amydria effrentella'' is a
moth of the family
Acrolophidae
Acrolophinae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. The subfamily comprises the burrowing webworm moths and tube moths and holds about 300 species in five genera, which occur in the wild only in the New World. It is closely related to the ...
. It is found in
North America
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, including
Alabama,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Georgia,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Kentucky,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Nevada,
New Brunswick,
New Jersey,
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Quebec,
Saskatchewan,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Utah,
West Virginia and
Wisconsin.
The
wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are mottled and there is a dark patch at the end of the discal cell.
Moths of North Dakota
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The larvae are probably subsoil root feeders or detritivores.
References
Moths described in 1859
Acrolophidae
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