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Species Ancylis brauni - Hodges#3372

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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 brauni (Ancylis brauni - Hodges#3372)
Hodges Number
3372
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ancylis brauni (Heinrich, 1931)
Anchylopera brauni Heinrich, 1931 (1)
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of microlepidopterist Annette F. Braun (1884-1978) who reared the first specimens. (1)
Size
Wingspan 12-14 mm. (1)
Identification
Range
Records from Illinois to Ontario, south to South Carolina. (2)
Type locality: Beaver Pond, Adams County, Ohio (reared on Rhamnus lanceolata by A.F. Braun).
Food
Larvae are leaf rollers of lanceleaf buckthorn (Rhamnus lanceolata). (1)
Print References
Heinrich, C., 1931. Notes on and descriptions of some American moths. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 79(13): 11. (1)
Works Cited
1.Notes on and descriptions of some American moths.
Carl Heinrich. 1931. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 79(13): 1-16, Pl.1-7.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group