Acrobasis suavella
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Acrobasis |
| Species: | A. suavella
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrobasis suavella | |
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Acrobasis suavella, the thicket knot-horn or blackthorn knot-horn, is a moth of the family Pyralidae.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It was described by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1818 and is native to Europe.[3][7] It has been accidentally introduced and become established around Vancouver, British Columbia.[7][6]
The wingspan is 22–24 mm.[4] The moth flies in one generation from June to August on the British Isles,[6] extending in low numbers to October in Belgium.[5]
The caterpillars preferably feed on blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, but they have also been found on Cotoneaster, Crataegus, and Sorbus.[3][6]
References
- ^ a b Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2024). "Acrobasis Zeller, 1839: 176". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
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- ^ a b Kimber, Ian. "Acrobasis suavella (Zincken, 1818)". UK Moths. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ^ a b "Acrobasis suavella (Zincken, 1818)". Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Flemish Entomological Society. 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ^ a b c d Boyes, Douglas; Hammond, James; University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium (2023). "The genome sequence of the Thicket Knot-horn, Acrobasis suavella (Zincken, 1818)". Wellcome Open Research. 8 252. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19506.1. PMC 11303944. PMID 39114813.
- ^ a b "80a0111 – 5702 Acrobasis suavella (Zincken, 1818)". Digital Guide to Moth Identification. Moth Photographers Group, Mississippi Entomological Museum. Retrieved 18 March 2026.