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Species Ancylis laciniana - Hodges#3366

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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
No Taxon (spiraeifoliana complex)
Species laciniana (Ancylis laciniana - Hodges#3366)
Hodges Number
3366
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ancylis laciniana (Zeller, 1875)
Phoxopteris laciniana Zeller, 1875 (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin laciniatus meaning "fringed"
Size
Wingspan 13.5-16 mm. (2)
Range
Records from the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada. (3)
Food
Larval host is northern red oak (Quercus rubra). (4)
Print References
Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 253. (1)
Works Cited
1.Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren, vol. 3.
Phillip Christoph Zeller. 1875. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.
2.Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae
Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database