Acrobasis suavella, the thicket knot-horn or blackthorn knot-horn, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1818 and is native to Europe. It has been accidentally introduced and become established around Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Thicket Knot-horn being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Genus
- Acrobasis
- Species
- Acrobasis suavella
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