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Species Gypsonoma fasciolana - Hodges#3223

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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 Gypsonoma
Species fasciolana (Gypsonoma fasciolana - Hodges#3223)
Hodges Number
3223
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gypsonoma fasciolana (Clemens, 1864)
Anchylopera fasciolana Clemens, 1864 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #621124
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "banded" for the "dark brown markings" on the wings. (1)
Size
Wingspan 13-18 mm. (2)
Identification
Range
Nova Scotia to British Columbia, south to Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Arkansas, and Wyoming. (2)
Type locality: New Brunswick, ME (A.S. Packard).
Food
Leaf rollers of willow (Salix), balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) and quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides). (2)
Print References
Clemens, B., 1864. North American micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3: 511. (1)
Works Cited
1.North American micro-lepidoptera.
Brackenridge Clemens. 1864. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3(3): 505-520.
2.University of Alberta Entomology Collection