''Asaphocrita aphidiella'' is a
moth in the family
Blastobasidae
The Blastobasidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Its species can be found almost anywhere in the world, though in some places they are not native but introduced by humans. In some arrangements, these moths are included in t ...
. It is found in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, including
British Columbia,
Washington,
California,
Manitoba,
Ontario,
Quebec,
Maine,
New Hampshire and
Ohio.
The
wingspan is about 15 mm.
Larvae have been reared on the contents of ''
Phylloxera
Grape phylloxera is an insect pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America. Grape phylloxera (''Daktulosphaira vitifoliae'' (Fitch 1855) belong to the family Phylloxeridae, within the order Hemiptera, bugs ...
'' galls on hickory.
References
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Moths described in 1907
aphidiella
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