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Species Ancylis apicana - Hodges#3376

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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
Species apicana (Ancylis apicana - Hodges#3376)
Hodges Number
3376
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ancylis apicana (Walker, 1866)
Grapholita apicana Walker, 1866 (1)
Numbers
Powell & Opler (2009) state "there are about 35 described species of Ancylis in America north of Mexico" (2)
Moth Photographers Group (2014) lists 39 described species of the genus. (3)
Size
Heinrich (1923) listed the wingspan 11-13 mm. (4)
Range
Southern Canada, northern United States, south to at least Tennessee in the eastern states.
Holotype from Nova Scotia. (4)
Season
The peak of the flight period is June and July. (3)
Food
Heinrich (1923) reported the host unknown. (4)
Print References
Heinrich, C. 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. United States National Museum Bulletin, 123: 247; fig. 402. (4)
Walker, F., 1866. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIV. Supplement. Part 5. British Museum (Natural History), p.1795. (1)