{{short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | image = Acrobasis legatea 80007003.jpg| image_caption = | taxon = Acrobasis legatea | authority = (Haworth, 1811)<ref name="Pyraloidea db">{{cite web |last=Nuss |first=M. |display-authors=etal |date=2003–2011 |url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx |title=GlobIZ search |website=Global Information System on Pyraloidea |accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Phycis legatea'' <small>Haworth, 1811</small> *''Trachycera legatea'' *''Tinea legatella'' <small>Hübner, 1796</small> *''Rhodophaea legatea naumanni'' <small>Roesler, 1969</small> *''Zophodia legatalis'' <small>Hübner, 1825</small> }} '''''Acrobasis legatea''''' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Acrobasis''. It was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811. It is found in most of Europe, except the north,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/63c75427-f060-466c-b245-aff20d104dd3 |title=''Acrobasis legatea'' (Haworth, 1811) |website=Fauna Europaea |accessdate=November 29, 2018}}</ref> east to Russia and Kazakhstan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=279596 |title=Taxonomy Browser: ''Acrobasis legatea'' |website=Barcode of Life Data System |accessdate=November 29, 2018}}</ref>
The wingspan is 19–25 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June to the beginning of September in one generation per year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lotmoths.com/species/species.php?frmSpeciesID=779 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610215133/http://www.lotmoths.com/species/species.php?frmSpeciesID=779 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 10, 2015 |website=Lot Moths and Butterflies |title=''Acrobasis legatea'' (Haworth, 1811) |date=July 14, 2011 |accessdate=2011-12-19 }} Archived from the [http://www.lotmoths.com/species/species.php?frmSpeciesID=779 original] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422110100/http://www.lotmoths.com/species/species.php?frmSpeciesID=779 |date=2012-04-22 }} June 10, 2015.</ref>
The larvae feed on ''Rhamnus catharticus'' and ''Frangula alnus''.
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Category:Moths described in 1811 Category:Acrobasis Category:Moths of Europe Category:Moths of Asia Category:Taxa named by Adrian Hardy Haworth
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