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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Enarmoniini » Ancylis » Ancylis semiovana - Hodges#3361 (Ancylis semiovana)

Species Ancylis semiovana - Hodges#3361

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Olethreutinae
Tribe Enarmoniini
Genus Ancylis
Species semiovana (Ancylis semiovana - Hodges#3361)
Hodges Number
3361
Other Common Names
Half-oval Ancylis (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ancylis semiovana (Zeller, 1875)
Phoxopteris semiovana Zeller, 1875 (2)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "semi-oval" for the "halb ovaler, kaffeebrauner Fleck [semi-oval, coffee-brown spot]" on the forewings. (2)
Size
Wingspan 15-16 mm. (3)
Range
Beadle & Leckie (2012) reported the range to include southeastern Canada and northeastern United States. (1)
Type locality: New York (Speyer).
Food
Beadle & Leckie (2012) reported the host as "probably New Jersey tea." Ceanothus americanus L. (1); also Redroot (Ceanothus herbaceus).
Life Cycle
Larva; larva; adult; spent pupa
Print References
Forbes, W.T.M., 1920. The Lepidopteras of New York and Neighboring States, Primitive Forms Microlepidoptera, Pyraloids, Bombyces. Cornell University. p. 409.
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States. Ohio Biological Survey. p. 161.263. (4)
Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 250. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Tortricidae.com
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)
Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808-1883)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
2.Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren, vol. 3.
Phillip Christoph Zeller. 1875. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.
3.Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae
Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 December, 2014 - 12:18pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 January, 2018 - 5:31pm

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