Species Hystrichophora vestaliana - Hodges#3399

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

Unknown moth - Hystrichophora vestaliana

Tortricidae: Hystrichophora vestaliana - Hystrichophora vestaliana

Vestal Leaf Roller - Hystrichophora vestaliana

Hystrichophora vestaliana - Hystrichophora vestaliana

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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 Hystrichophora

Species vestaliana (Hystrichophora vestaliana - Hodges#3399)

Hodges Number

3399

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hystrichophora vestaliana (Zeller, 1875) (1)

Grapholitha vestaliana Zeller, 1875 (2)

Thiodia vestaliana

Eucosma vestaliana

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "of or relating to Vesta," the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family.

Size

Wingspan 19-25 mm. (1)

Range

Uncertain range, records from New Mexico to Florida, north to Illinois, North Dakota and Wyoming. Also California.

Type locality: Dallas, Texas (Boll).

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: 286; Pl.8, f.21. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808-1883)

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	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.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 26 January, 2010 - 7:45pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 January, 2018 - 4:14pm

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