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Species Ancylis burgessiana - Oak Leaffolder - Hodges#3367

Ancylis burgessiana Moth ??? - Ancylis burgessiana

Ancylis reared on Black Cherry - Ancylis burgessiana

Ancylis burgessiana - Oak Leaffolder - Hodges#3367 - Ancylis burgessiana

Ancylis burgessiana - Oak Leaffolder - Ancylis burgessiana

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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

No Taxon (spiraeifoliana complex)

Species burgessiana (Oak Leaffolder - Hodges#3367)

Hodges Number

3367

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ancylis burgessiana (Zeller, 1875)

Phoxopteris burgessiana Zeller, 1875 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet in honor of Edward Burgess (1848–1891) longtime secretary of the Boston Society of Natural History and designer of a winning America's Cup boat. Burgess supplied many specimens to Zeller.

Numbers

Powell & Opler (2009) states "there are about 35 described species of Ancylis in America north of Mexico" (2)

Moth Photographers Group (2014) lists 39 described species of the genus. (3)

Identification

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (4)

Range

Type locality: Massachusetts (Burgess, 18 June and 3 July).

Food

Larval hosts include: (5)

chinquapin (Castanea pumila)

European chestnut (Castanea sativa)

black cherry (Prunus serotina)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

Print References

Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25:252. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Philipp Christoph Zeller

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

5.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by tom murray on 3 June, 2007 - 3:58pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 30 December, 2017 - 4:32pm

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