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Pecan Nut Case Bearing Moth

Acrobasis nuxvorella

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Field Notes

Description:

ten to fifteen millimetre, Silken sac covered in flecks of sand. Late in mid summer. Woodland, part way up a tree

Habitat:

Probably a vagrant, no pecans here although the climate may be right and there may be distant crops

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Acrobasis nuxvorella, Case Bearer Model

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PublishedFebruary 20, 2013

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