Acoloithus falsarius

Acoloithus falsarius, or Clemens' false skeletonizer,^[4] is a moth species in the zygaenid subfamily Procridinae.^[4] The species occurs in North America^[1] and was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860.^[1] A. falsarius has Hodges number 4629^[4] and is the type species of genus Acoloithus.^[1]

Clemens' false skeletonizer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Acoloithus
Species:	A. falsarius
Binomial name
Acoloithus falsarius Clemens, 1860[1]
Synonyms
Harrisina sanborni Packard Jr., 1864[2][3] Acoloithus sanborni (Packard Jr., 1864)[3] Urodus ruficollis H. Druce, 1884[1]

Larvae are known to feed on Vitis spp. and Ampelopsis spp.^[4]

Appearance and behavior

Adults of A. falsarius have a wingspan of approx. 15 mm, a length of 9 to 10 mm, and are black with a broken orange collar.^[4] Larvae have a length of 8 to 9 mm.^[4] In Florida, Acoloithus falsarius has two generations per year.^[5]