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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Cochylini » Aethes » Aethes floccosana - Hodges#3756.1 (Aethes floccosana)

Species Aethes floccosana - Hodges#3756.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · 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 Cochylini

Genus Aethes

Species floccosana (Aethes floccosana - Hodges#3756.1)

Hodges Number

3756.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aethes floccosana (Walker, 1863)

Conchylis floccosana Walker, 1863 (1)

Tortrix confusana Robinson, 1869 (2)

Number 3822 in the 1983 Hodges Checklist.

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin floccosus meaning "covered in wooly tufts."

Size

Wingspan 14-16 mm. (3)

Range

Records from Missouri, Illinois and New Jersey, south to North Carolina and Tennessee. (4)

Type locality: Nova Scotia.

Print References

Walker, F., 1863. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVII - Crambites & Tortricites. British Museum (Natural History), p.358. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Francis Walker (1809-1874)

Works Cited

1.	List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVII - Crambites & Tortricites. Francis Walker. 1863. British Museum (Natural History), p.1-286.

2.	Notes on American Tortricidae. Coleman T. Robinson. 1869. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 261-288.

3.	Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Canada Razowski, J. 1997. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 40(1):107-163.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 9 November, 2012 - 9:17pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 4 February, 2018 - 2:16pm

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