Species Acleris kearfottana - Hodges#3519

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

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 kearfottana (Acleris kearfottana - Hodges#3519)

Hodges Number

3519

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acleris kearfottana (McDunnough, 1934) (1)

Peronea kearfottana McDunnough, 1934

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of William D. Kearfott (1864-1917).

Numbers

There are more than 65 species of the genus Acleris in America north of Mexico.(2)

Range

Northeastern United States to Nova Scotia. (3)

Holotype ♂ from Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada. (4)

Food

Myrica gale (5)

Print References

McDunnough, 1934. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 11: 318.

Obraztsov, N.S., 1963. Some North American moths of the genus Acleris (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 114: 229. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

James Halliday McDunnough (1877-1962)

Works Cited

1.	Some North American moths of the genus Acleris (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Nicholas S. Obratzsov. 1963. Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 114(3469): 213-270.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.

4.	World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.

5.	Host records for Lepidoptera reared in Eastern North America D. C. Ferguson. 1975. United States Department of Agriculture 1521: 1-45.

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 October, 2013 - 10:46am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 February, 2018 - 5:28pm

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