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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Tortricoidea » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Choristoneura » Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth - Hodges#3635 (Choristoneura rosaceana)

Species Choristoneura rosaceana - Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth - Hodges#3635

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Leaf-roller Moth - Choristoneura rosaceana

Moth ID Request - Choristoneura rosaceana

Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth - Hodges#3635 - Choristoneura rosaceana

Oblique-banded Leafroller - Choristoneura rosaceana

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Tortricoidea

Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)

Subfamily Tortricinae

Tribe Archipini

Genus Choristoneura

Species rosaceana (Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth - Hodges#3635)

Hodges Number

3635

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris, 1841)

Size

wingspan 17-33 mm, females larger than males.

Identification

Forewing in male has a costal fold from base to top of am. line, where dark scale tufts lie flat, forming a dark spot absent in similar species (magnification needed) (1). See detail image below, believed to show this character:

Hindwing pale orange-yellow in male; deep-yellow in female, but may have gray shading in the lower third (1).

Range

Common throughout eastern N. America.

Season

Late April - October.

Food

Larvae are pests of apples, also feed on holly, oaks, pines, roses and other woody plants.

Life Cycle

2 broods per year.

1. Eggs. 2. First instar larva. 3. Older larva 4. Pupa. 5. Adult

See Also

Choristoneura parallela, the Spotted Fireworm Moth--C. rosaceana usually larger and darker reddish brown (1)

Hodges#3592 (Pandemis cerasana):

Print References

Covell, "Peterson's Field Guide to Eastern Moths" p. 419, pl. 59. (1)

Internet References

Mostly Moths of Maryland has a photo of a mounted specimen.

The Butterflies & Moths of Vancouver Island has photos of both caterpillar and adult.

MPG has photos of live adults.

Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture has the Apple and Strawberry Report from 2003, showing the activity of C. rosaceana in a field study

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths By Charles V. Covell

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 27 February, 2005 - 9:20pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, anitagould, Jay Greenberg, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
Last updated 1 March, 2012 - 11:31am

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