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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Tortricini » Acleris » Hook-winged tortrix moth - Hodges#3559 (Acleris effractana)

Species Acleris effractana - Hook-winged tortrix moth - Hodges#3559

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

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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 Tortricini

Genus Acleris

Species effractana (Hook-winged tortrix moth - Hodges#3559)

Hodges Number

3559

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acleris effractana (Hübner, 1799)

Tortrix effractana Hübner, 1799

Replaces Acleris emargana (1)

Acleris emargana blackmorei (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #620059.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin effractus meaning "broken off," likely for the emarginated forewings.

Size

Wingspan 22 mm. (2)

Range

Occurs in the northwestern North America and Europe.

Food

In the Nearctic recorded hosts include alder, birch, cottonwood, balsam poplar, quaking aspen and willow. (3)

Print References

Hübner, J., 1799. Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge 7: Pl.28, f.175.

Obraztsov, 1963. Some North American Moths of the Genus Acleris (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 114: 268. (subspecies A. emargana blackmorei)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

UK Moths (2)

Jacob Hübner (1761-1826)

Works Cited

1.	Acleris effractana (Hübner, 1799) – a Holarctic tortricid Ole Karsholt, Leif Aarvik, David Agassiz, Peter Huemer, Kevin Tuck. 2005. Nota Lepidopterologica, 28(2): 93–102.

2.	UKMoths

3.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 31 March, 2011 - 3:21pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, JohnMaxwell22, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 February, 2018 - 7:02pm

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