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Species Ecdytolopha insiticiana - Locust Twig Borer Moth - Hodges#3497

Locust Twig Borer Moth - Hodges #3497 (Ecdytolopha insiticiana) - Ecdytolopha insiticiana

Locust Twig Borer Moth - Ecdytolopha insiticiana

3497 – Ecdytolopha insiticiana – Locust Twig Borer - Ecdytolopha insiticiana

Ecdytolopha insiticiana - Locust Twig Borer Moth - Ecdytolopha insiticiana

Locust Twig Borer Moth - Hodges#3497 - Ecdytolopha insiticiana

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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 Grapholitini

Genus Ecdytolopha

Species insiticiana (Locust Twig Borer Moth - Hodges#3497)

Hodges Number

3497

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ecdytolopha insiticiana Zeller, 1875

Size

Wingspan 20 mm. (1)

Range

Most records in the east but also Minnesota, Montana and west Texas. (1)

Described material: Massachusetts, (Burgess).

Food

Larval host: (2)

black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)

Wisteria

Life Cycle

The larvae are twig or stem borers, causing an elongate gall up to 3" long.(3)

Overwinter as mature larva in a cocoon among the leaves on the ground.(3)

1. gall on Black Locust seedling 2. larva inside stem 3. larva in stem 4. adult on Black Locust branch

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: 266. (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

Philipp Christoph Zeller

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

3.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

4.	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.

Contributed by tom murray on 5 July, 2007 - 7:50am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Marci Hess
Last updated 30 August, 2023 - 2:19pm

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