A Dark Acrolophus in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/17/2005).

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A Dark Acrolophus in Washington Co., Maryland (10/22/2020).

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A Dark Acrolophus in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/7/2016). Determined by Paul Dennehy/iNaturalist.

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A Dark Acrolophus in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/7/2017). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Dark Acrolophus in Howard Co., Maryland (10/6/2017). Determined by Paul Dennehy/iNaturalist.

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Dark Acrolophus in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/11/2020). (c) jrcagle, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 239152 - Psn: 55)

Dark Acrolophus in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/11/2020). (c) jrcagle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Dark Acrolophus in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 1335816 - Psn: 66)

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Dark Acrolophus in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/2/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 272216 - Psn: 72)

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Dark Acrolophus in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/14/2014). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Dark Acrolophus in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/15/2005).

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A Dark Acrolophus in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/15/2005).

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Dark Acrolophus in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/20/2022). (c) lkeifer, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 735019 - Psn: 20065)

Dark Acrolophus in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/20/2022). (c) lkeifer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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"This is the only Acrolophid in Maryland after Labor Day. Oct. 1-21 are the dates given by John Glaser." (Bob Patterson, BugGuide)

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A Dark Acrolophus in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/17/2005). Media by Arlene Ripley.

A Dark Acrolophus in Washington Co., Maryland (10/22/2020). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Dark Acrolophus in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/7/2016). Determined by Paul Dennehy/iNaturalist. View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Dark Acrolophus in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/7/2017). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Dark Acrolophus in Howard Co., Maryland (10/6/2017). Determined by Paul Dennehy/iNaturalist. View Record Details Media by Timothy Reichard.

Dark Acrolophus in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/11/2020). (c) jrcagle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by jrcagle via iNaturalist.

Dark Acrolophus in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/14/2014). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Dark Acrolophus in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/15/2005). View Record Details Media by Arlene Ripley.

Dark Acrolophus in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/20/2022). (c) lkeifer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by lkeifer via iNaturalist.

Source: Wikipedia

Acrolophus mora

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Acrolophus
Species:	A. mora
Binomial name
*Acrolophus mora* (Grote, 1881)^[1]
Synonyms
Eutheca mora Grote, 1881 Acrolophus morus

Acrolophus mora, the dark acrolophus,^[2] is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881. It is found in North America, including Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.^[3]

The wingspan is about 20 mm for males and 26 mm for females.

References

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^ Synonymic list at nearctica.com
^ Eaton, Eric R. (October 26, 2016). "Species Acrolophus morus - Hodges#0367". BugGuide. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
^ "300081.00 – 0367 – Acrolophus morus – (Grote, 1881)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 8, 2018.

Taxon identifiers
Acrolophus mora	Wikidata: Q4676030 BAMONA: Acrolophus-morus BOLD: 20262 BugGuide: 37844 GBIF: 5122668 iNaturalist: 212398 Insecta.pro: 33422 IRMNG: 10769493 LepIndex: 129794 MONA: 367 NatureServe: 2.818321 NCBI: 700077 Open Tree of Life: 538972

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Dark Acrolophus

Acrolophus morus Grote, 1881

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