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Species Cydia latiferreana - Filbertworm Moth - Hodges#3494

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Olethreutinae
Tribe Grapholitini
Genus Cydia
Species latiferreana (Filbertworm Moth - Hodges#3494)
Hodges Number
3494
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly in genus Melissopus
Numbers
Genus includes 47 spp. (1), including the Codling moth and the Mexican Jumping Bean Borer...
Size
wingspan 18 mm
Range
Widespread across North America
Season
July - October
Food
Oak acorns, beech nuts, and chestnut burrs per Kimball (1965) (2)
A pest of Pecan per Knudson & Bordelon (2001) (3)
Remarks
Species described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (1843 – 1919), an English amateur entomologist who was particularly interested in microlepidoptera.
Internet References
3494 – Filbertworm Moth – Cydia latiferreana - MPG
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
2.The Lepidoptera of Florida: An Annotated Checklist.
By Charles P. Kimball.
3.Illustrated Checklist of Lepidoptera from the Texas Hill Country and Adjacent Areas, Pub. 8
By Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 26 September, 2005 - 5:47pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Mike Quinn
Last updated 5 February, 2009 - 7:54pm

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