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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Tortricini » Acleris » Masked Leafroller - Hodges#3542 (Acleris flavivittana)

Species Acleris flavivittana - Masked Leafroller - Hodges#3542

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

Masked Leafroller - Acleris flavivittana

Masked Leafroller - Acleris flavivittana - female

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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 Tortricinae

Tribe Tortricini

Genus Acleris

Species flavivittana (Masked Leafroller - Hodges#3542)

Hodges Number

3542

Other Common Names

Multiform Leafroller Moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acleris flavivittana (Clemens, 1864)

Peronea flavivittana Clemens, 1864 (1)

Teras perspicuana Robinson, 1869 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin flavi vitta meaning "yellow longitudinal stripe," for the "yellow streak" along the dorsal margin. (1)

Size

Forewing length 7.5-10.0 mm. (3)

Wingspan 18 mm.

Fully grown caterpillar 12-17 mm. (3)

Range

Northeastern United States and southern Canada. It has also been recorded from North Carolina. (3)

Type locality: Virginia. (4)

Food

Rosaceae, reported on apple and pin cherry. (3), (5)

Print References

Clemens, B., 1864. North American micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3(3): 516. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD Systems

TortAI (3)

Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867)

Works Cited

1.	North American micro-lepidoptera. Brackenridge Clemens. 1864. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3(3): 505-520.

2.	Notes on American Tortricidae. Coleman T. Robinson. 1869. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 261-288.

3.	Tortricids of Agricultural Importance Todd M. Gilligan and Marc E. Epstein.

4.	Gilligan, T. M., J. Baixeras, J. W. Brown & K. R. Tuck. 2014. T@RTS: Online, World Catalogue of the Tortricidae.

5.	Host records for Lepidoptera reared in Eastern North America D. C. Ferguson. 1975. United States Department of Agriculture 1521: 1-45.

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 30 October, 2005 - 8:48pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, anitagould, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 February, 2018 - 8:36pm

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