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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fruitworm Moths (Carposinoidea) » Fruitworm Moths (Carposinidae) » Carposina » Currant Fruitworm Moth - Hodges#2315 (Carposina fernaldana)

Species Carposina fernaldana - Currant Fruitworm Moth - Hodges#2315

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Carposina fernaldana - Hodges#2315 - Carposina fernaldana

Carposina fernaldana? - Carposina fernaldana

Currant Fruitworm Moth - Carposina fernaldana

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Carposinoidea (Fruitworm Moths)

Family Carposinidae (Fruitworm Moths)

Genus Carposina

Species fernaldana (Currant Fruitworm Moth - Hodges#2315)

Hodges Number

2315

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Carposina fernaldana Busck, 1907

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of entomologist Charles H. Fernald (1838-1921).

Numbers

There are four named species of the genus Carposina in America north of Mexico. (1), (2), (3)

Size

Busck (1907) listed the wingspan 15-20 mm. (1)

Identification

Genitalia:

♀

♂

Aedeagus with three longitudinal rows of dense cornuti; one row, bearing the longest apical spines, usually with a conspicuous median gap devoid of spines; juxta deeply forked.

Range

Davis (1969) reported the range to include Quebec along the Mississippi drainage to Missouri. (1)

Described from specimens collected from Plummers Island, Maryland, Oak Station and New Brighton, Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois.

Food

Forbes (1923) listed hawthorn (Crataegus) and currant (Ribes). (4), (5)

Print References

Busck, A. 1907. A review of the Tortricid subfamily Phaloniinae with descriptions of new American species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 15(1): 36. (6)

Davis, D. 1969. A revision of the American moths of the family Carposinidae (Lepidoptera: Carposinoidea). United States National Museum Bulletin 289: 21. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Butterflies and moths of North America (BAMONA) (7)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (8)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the American moths of the family Carposinidae (Lepidoptera: Carposinoidea) Donald R. Davis. 1969. United States National Museum Bulletin, 289.

2.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.

5.	Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates Charley Eiseman & Noah Charney. 2010. Stackpole Books.

6.	A review of the tortricid subfamily Phaloniinae with descriptions of new American species August Busck. 1907. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 15: 19-36.

7.	Butterflies of North America

8.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Tim Loh on 14 February, 2009 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso, Blocky, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 12:03pm

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