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Species Cydia colorana - Hodges#3484

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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 Cydia
Species colorana (Cydia colorana - Hodges#3484)
Hodges Number
3484
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cydia colorana Kearfott, 1907 (1)
Phylogenetics sequence #621370
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet colorana refers to Colorado, where the first specimens were collected. (1)
Size
Wingspan 22-24 mm. (1)
Identification
Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)
Range
Records from California to Colorado. (2), (1)
Described specimens: Glenwood Spring, CO (Dr. Wm Barnes, June 1st); Salida, CO (Dr. Dietz, June 19th).
Food
Larvae feed on seeds of twoneedle pinyon (Pinus edulis). (3)
Print References
Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 93. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
William D. Kearfott
Works Cited
1.New North American Tortricidae.
William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Body size and diet quality in the genus Cydia (Tortricidae).
William E. Miller. 1990. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 44(3): 113-142.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 8 August, 2007 - 2:10am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 December, 2017 - 4:48pm

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