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Species Cydia latiferreana - Filbertworm Moth - Hodges#3494

Cydia latiferreana? - Cydia latiferreana

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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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