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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Tortricini » Acleris » Acleris comandrana - Hodges#3516 (Acleris comandrana)

Species Acleris comandrana - Hodges#3516

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Half-ringed Acleris Acleris semiannula 3521 ? - Acleris comandrana

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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 Tortricini

Genus Acleris

Species comandrana (Acleris comandrana - Hodges#3516)

Hodges Number

3516

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acleris comandrana (Fernald, 1892)

Teras comandrana Fernald, 1892 (1)

Peronea comandrana

Phylogenetic sequence #620015

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from the host plant genus. (1)

Size

Wingspan 13 mm. (1)

Identification

Genitalia:

♂

♀

Range

Most records from the northeast United States. (2)

Type locality: Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. (3), (1)

Food

Larval host is bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata). (4), (1) Obraztsov also lists bog rosemary (Andromeda). (5)

Print References

Fernald, C.H., 1892. New North American microlepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 24(5): 121. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Charles H. Fernald (1838-1921)

Works Cited

1.	New North American microlepidoptera. Charles Henry Fernald. 1892. The Canadian Entomologist 24(5,7): 121-123, 178-179.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Gilligan, T. M., J. Baixeras, J. W. Brown & K. R. Tuck. 2014. T@RTS: Online, World Catalogue of the Tortricidae.

4.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

5.	Some North American moths of the genus Acleris (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Nicholas S. Obratzsov. 1963. Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 114(3469): 213-270.

Contributed by tom murray on 27 July, 2007 - 9:26am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 11 October, 2023 - 3:27pm

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