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Species Pseudexentera mali - Pale Apple Leafroller - Hodges#3247

Pseudexentera mali  - Pseudexentera mali 3247 – Pseudexentera mali – Pale Apple Leafroller - Pseudexentera mali Pale Apple Leafroller Moth - Pseudexentera mali Olethreutinae, Pale Apple Leafroller, lateral - Pseudexentera mali - male Olethreutinae, Pale Apple Leafroller, dorsal - Pseudexentera mali - male Pale Apple Leafroller - Pseudexentera mali Eucosmini - Pseudexentera mali Eucosmini - Pseudexentera mali
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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 Eucosmini
Genus Pseudexentera
Species mali (Pale Apple Leafroller - Hodges#3247)
Hodges Number
3247
Other Common Names
Pale Apple Budworm Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pseudexentera mali Freeman, 1942
Phylogenetic sequence #621158
Size
Forewing length 6-8 mm. (1)
Range
Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec; Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin, New York south to Kentucky, west to N.E. Texas.
Food
Larvae mine buds and are leaf-folders of apple (Malus). (1)
Print References
Freeman, T.N., 1942. A new species of Pseudexentera from apple, with notes on allies species. The Canadian Entomologist 74: 212-215.
Works Cited
1.The Species of Pseudexentera (Tortricidae)
William E. Miller. 1986. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 40(3), 218-237.