Family Tortricidae - Tortricid Moths

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Internet References

Caterpillar in pine needle house - Argyrotaenia pinatubana

Spruce Budworm - Choristoneura fumiferana

Locust Twig Borer Moth Larva - Ecdytolopha insiticiana

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Tortricoidea

Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)

Other Common Names

Leafroller Moths

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

BugGuide currently follows the classification shown at All-Leps (See discussion here). Jean-Francois Landry and Don Lafontaine of Agriculture Canada, and John Burns and Scott Miller of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History are curators of the list, with assistance from others named at the bottom of this page. The classification of moths is continuously under study, and further changes are inevitable.

Internet References

photos of pinned specimens from around the world (Tortricid.net)

list of species of type specimens in National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USDA)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 January, 2005 - 3:55pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban
Last updated 27 April, 2009 - 12:40am

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