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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Clepsis » Clepsis fucana - Hodges#3680  (Clepsis fucana)

Species Clepsis fucana - Hodges#3680

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Light brown moth - Clepsis fucana
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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 Archipini
Genus Clepsis
Species fucana (Clepsis fucana - Hodges#3680 )
Hodges Number
3680
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Clepsis fucana (Walsingham, 1879)
Lozotaenia fucana Walsingham, 1879 (1)
Cacoecia victoriana Busck, 1922 (2)
Clepsis busckana Keifer, 1933
Phylogenetic sequence #620352
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin fucatus meaning "colored, stained," for the comparison to a European species "at first sight it would seem to be allied" yet having "the brown shade or fascia being carried conspicuously quite across the wing." (1)
Size
Forewing length 6.5-10.5 mm. (3)
Identification
Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)
Range
Vancouver Island south along the coast to Monterey, California. (3)
Food
Larval host is mainly California figwort (Scrophularia californica), but also woundwort (Stachys sp.), artichoke (Cynaria cardunculus), and cyclamen (Cyclamen sp.) (Razowski 1979).
Life Cycle
Larva constructs a leaf shelter on the hostplant (Razowski 1979).
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.19.4m, p.152 (3)
Razowski J. 1979. Revision of the Genus Clepsis Guenée (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). Part I. Acta Zoological Cracoviensia 23(8): 101-198
Walsingham, Lord 1879. North-American Tortricidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 4: 12, pl.63, f.2 (1)
Internet References
E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Moth Photographers Group
Lord Walsingham (1843-1919)
Works Cited
1.North-American Torticidae
Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.
2.Microlepidoptera from British Columbia.
August Busck. 1922. The Canadian Entomologist 53(12): 276-280.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 24 March, 2010 - 9:45pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 23 January, 2018 - 8:58pm

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