Acrolepia autumnitella Curtis, 1838
Speckled Bittersweet Moth
(Bittersweet Smudge)
19.0140 (B&F: 476)
Synonym(s):
Acrolepia pygmeana (Haworth, 1811) homonym
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea
»Family: Glyphipterigidae
»Subfamily: Acrolepiinae
»Tribe: Phalacropterygini
A resident species, with adults occurring singly at mv light in a few woods in both vice-counties, while larvae are sometimes common, especially in the West. Double-brooded, flying mainly in July and October with the latter flight hibernating. Larvae feed on woody nightshade. (Pratt, 2011)
