Acrolophus quadrellus
species of insect

Acrolophus quadrellus is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. It is found in North America, including Arizona.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 19, 2022. The linked authority identifier is Q4676086. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1913.
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