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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Enarmoniini » Ancylis » Ancylis mira - Hodges#3368 (Ancylis mira)

Species Ancylis mira - Hodges#3368

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

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)

Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)

Subfamily Olethreutinae

Tribe Enarmoniini

Genus Ancylis

Species mira (Ancylis mira - Hodges#3368)

Hodges Number

3368

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ancylis mira Heinrich, 1929 (1)

Ancylis mira furvescens Heinrich, 1929 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin mirus meaning "wonderful, amazing."

Size

Wingspan 13-15 mm. (1)

Range

Records from Washington, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and Maine, south to New York, West Virginia, Missouri and Colorado. (1), (2), (3)

Holotype male: Chimney Gulch, Golden, Colorado. April (Oslar).

Paratypes: St. Johns, Quebec, 3-VI-14 (Chagnon); Palos Park, Chicago, Illinois. VI-4-04 (A. Kwiat (4)); New Hampshire (no date); Wisconsin (no date); Vavenby, British Columbia. 22-V-1924 (Theo. A. Moilliet (5)).

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1929. Notes on some North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 75(2779): 17. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD Systems

Carl Heinrich (1880-1955)

Works Cited

1.	Notes on some North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae Carl Heinrich. 1929. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 75(2779): 1-23.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Ancylis mira

4.	A brief history of lepidopterology in Illinois. Roderick R. Irwin. 1972. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science 65: 45-49.

5.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of British Columbia, Canada. Pohl, G.R., Cannings, R.A., Landry, J.-F., Holden, D.G., Scudder, G.G.E., . 2015. Entomological Society of British Columbia. 308 p.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 14 May, 2009 - 8:52am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 January, 2018 - 2:17pm

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