Acrobasis nuxvorella

Acrobasis nuxvorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Acrobasis
Species:	A. nuxvorella
Binomial name
Acrobasis nuxvorella Neunzig, 1970

The Pecan Nut Casebearer (Acrobasis nuxvorella) is a moth of the family Pyralidae.^[1] It is found in eastern New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri, southern Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina.

The larva feed on Carya illinoensis. It is the most damaging insect pest of pecans in Texas. The larvae feed first on buds below the cluster, then attack the nuts. They enter the nuts by cutting a circular hole in the base. As they feed, they push frass out the hole where it accumulates. A single larva may destroy the entire cluster, before pupating in one of the last nuts fed upon.

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