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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Olethreutini » Hedya » Hedya cyanana - Hodges#2864 (Hedya cyanana)

Species Hedya cyanana - Hodges#2864

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · 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 Olethreutinae

Tribe Olethreutini

Genus Hedya

Species cyanana (Hedya cyanana - Hodges#2864)

Hodges Number

2864

Other Common Names

Rose Leaf-tyer (Murtfeldt)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hedya cyanana (Murtfeldt, 1880)

Penthina cyanana Murtfeldt, 1880

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin cyan meaning "dark blue" for the forewings that are "profusely ornamented with an intricate pattern in dark metallic blue."

Size

Forewing length 6.5-7.0 mm. (1)

Mature larva about 12-13 mm (Murtfeldt, 1880).

Identification

Larva - glossy dark green with dark line along the dorsum. Head polished honey-yellow to olive. Cervical shield nearly same color as head. (Murtfeldt, 1880).

Adult - see Murtfeldt in Print References.

Genitalia:

Range

Records from the eastern half of the United States. (2)

Food

Larvae are bladerollers of rose and thistle (Cirsium). (3), (1)

Life Cycle

Pupates in tied leaf structure on the host (Murtfeldt, 1880).

See Also

Aterpia approximana (Heinrich, 1919)

Print References

Murtfeldt, M., 1880. The rose leaf-tyer (Penthina cyanana n.sp.). The American Entomologist 1(1): 14.

Internet References

Moth Photographer Group

Mary Murtfeldt (1848-1913)

Works Cited

1.	Guide to the Olethreutine moths of midland North America (Tortricidae). William E. Miller. 1987. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook 660: 1-104.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by tom murray on 19 January, 2017 - 7:11pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 9 May, 2024 - 6:33pm

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