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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Cochylini » Eulia » Eulia ministrana - Hodges#3565 (Eulia ministrana)

Species Eulia ministrana - Hodges#3565

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · 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 Tortricinae

Tribe Cochylini

Genus Eulia

Species ministrana (Eulia ministrana - Hodges#3565)

Hodges Number

3565

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eulia ministrana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Phalaena (Tortrix) ministrana Linnaeus, 1758 (1)

Lophoderus ministrana ab. dilutana Strand, 1901

Olethreutes ferrugana Hübner, 1922

Tortrix ferugana Hübner, 1796-1799

Ptycholoma livoniana Duponchel, 1845

Lophoderus subfascianus Stephens, 1834

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin ministrans meaning "attend to, wait upon."

Size

Wingspan 18-25 mm. (2)

Identification

Range

Nova Scotia and New York, west to British Columbia and Washington, south to northern coastal California. Also, Central Alaska. (3)

Type locality: Europe.

Food

Larvae live in folded leaves of a variety of trees and shrubs. (3) Recorded in the Nearctic on Alnus, Betula, Corylus, Prunus, Salix, Viburnum. (4)

Life Cycle

Overwinters as larva and pupates in the spring. (3)

Print References

Linnaeus, C., 1758. Systema Naturae, 10th ed., p.531. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

UK Moths (2)

University of Amsterdam description

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Works Cited

1.	Systema Naturae, 10th ed. Carolus Linnaeus (Carl Linné). 1758.

2.	UKMoths

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

4.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 2 July, 2007 - 12:18pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2, Randy Hardy, Jason Dombroskie, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 9 November, 2020 - 9:46pm

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