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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Corticivora » Corticivora clarki - Hodges#3446 (Corticivora clarki)

Species Corticivora clarki - Hodges#3446

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Olethreutinae, lateral - Corticivora clarki

Grapholita packardi ? - Corticivora clarki

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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

Genus Corticivora

Species clarki (Corticivora clarki - Hodges#3446)

Hodges Number

3446

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Corticivora clarki Clarke, 1951 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet in honor of Austin H. Clark, a retired curator of the United States National Museum. (1)

Size

Wingspan 10-11 mm. (1)

Identification

Read original description online: (1)

Genitalia:

Range

Northeastern United States.

Holotype collected in Connecticut, North Guilford. (1)

Moth Photographers Group map

Season

The adults are most common during the months of May to July. (2)

Food

The larval host is Pinus resinosa Aiton (red pine). (1)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (2)

Print References

Clarke, J.F.G., 1951. A new genus and species of North Americam Olethreutidae: Laspeyresiinae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Science, 41: 46, figs 1-1e. (1)

Gilligan, T.M., D.J. Wright, & L.D. Gibson 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide. Ohio Biological Survey. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Tortricidae.com

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (4)

Works Cited

1.	A new genus and species of North American Olothreutidae (Lepidoptera: Laspeyresiinae) J. F. Gates Clarke. 1951. Journal of The Washington Academy of Sciences 41: 46-47.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide Gilligan, Todd M., Donald J. Wright, and Loran D. Gibson. 2008. Ohio Biological Survey, P.O. Box 21370, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0370.

4.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 July, 2010 - 11:54pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 20 November, 2023 - 10:15am

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