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Species Paralobesia cyclopiana - Hodges#2727

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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 Olethreutini
Genus Paralobesia
Species cyclopiana (Paralobesia cyclopiana - Hodges#2727)
Hodges Number
2727
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paralobesia cyclopiana (Heinrich, 1926)
Polychrosis cyclopiana Heinrich, 1926 (1), (2)
Endopiza cyclopiana (Heinrich, 1926)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "one-eyed" for the "large, round, black subapical spot." (2)
Numbers
There are 17 named Paralobesia species in America north of Mexico.
Size
Wingspan 12.5-15 mm. (3), (4), (2)
Identification
The original description as Polychrosis cyclopiana Heinrich, is available in PDF and online at the link in the print references below. (2)
Range
Eastern United States. (5), (3),
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Female type: Brown's Mills, NJ (Harry B. Weiss, reared July, 1920 from larva feeding in seed pod of Swamp Magnolia).
Male paratype: in CNC labeled "20-VII-24. Larva on imported Magnolia glauca Linnaeus presumably from vicinity of Philadelphia."
Season
Adults have been recorded mostly from March to August. (3)
Food
Larval hosts is Magnolia species including Magnolia virginiana. (4), (2)
See Also
Several Apotomis are similar.
Apotomis funerea

Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 49.21.(4)
Heinrich, C. 1926. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 132: 97. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Tortricidae.com
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Carl Heinrich (1880-1955)
Works Cited
1.World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)
John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.
2.Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae
Carl Heinrich. 1926. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 132: 1-216.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.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.
5.South Carolina Moth Species
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 May, 2012 - 7:37pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 7 January, 2018 - 4:08pm

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