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Species Acleris bowmanana - Hodges#3553

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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 bowmanana (Acleris bowmanana - Hodges#3553)
Hodges Number
3553
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acleris bowmanana (McDunnough, 1934)
Peronea bowmanana McDunnough, 1934 (1)
Numbers
There are about 65 Acleris species in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Wingspan 20-27 mm.
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD) (3)
Range
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Food
Larvae recorded on black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa), blackberry (Rubus) and sweet gale (myrica gale). (4)
See Also
Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
McDunnough, J. 1934. The Canadian species of the Tortricid genus Peronea. Canadian Journal of Research, 1934, 11(3): 290-332.
Works Cited
1.World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)
John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.Host records for Lepidoptera reared in Eastern North America
D. C. Ferguson. 1975. United States Department of Agriculture 1521: 1-45.