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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Gypsonoma » Gypsonoma substitutionis - Hodges#3227 (Gypsonoma substitutionis)

Species Gypsonoma substitutionis - Hodges#3227

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

Tortricid moth - Gypsonoma substitutionis

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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 Eucosmini

Genus Gypsonoma

Species substitutionis (Gypsonoma substitutionis - Hodges#3227)

Hodges Number

3227

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gypsonoma substitutionis Heinrich, 1923 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #621128

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet refers to this species as a substitute for "the species that has figured in our lists and been determined in our collections as the European incarnana Haworth." Heinrich goes on to say that "the true incarnana probably does not occur in this country and should be dropped from our lists." (1)

Size

Wingspan 12 mm. (1)

Identification

Genitalia:

Range

Scattered records across North America. (2)

Type locality: Aweme, Manitoba (Criddle, 27-VII-05). (1)

Food

Quaking Aspen, Bigtooth Aspen, Balsam Poplar, Oaks (Maryland Biodiversity Project)

Life Cycle

Larva; adult; spent pupa

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. United States National Museum Bulletin, 123: 163. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Carl Heinrich (Wikipedia)

Maryland Biodiversity Project

iNaturalist

Mass Moths

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by tom murray on 2 September, 2007 - 6:05pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 9 August, 2024 - 2:24pm

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