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Species Acleris keiferi - Hodges#3535

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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 keiferi (Acleris keiferi - Hodges#3535)
Hodges Number
3535
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acleris keiferi Powell, 1964(1)
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 7-9 mm.(2)
Identification
Polymorphic with two forms.(2)
Season
Powell & Opler (2009) states the adults fly late June to September.(2)
Food
Powell & Opler (2009) states the species has been reared from California wildrose, Rosa californica; nonnative blackberry Rubus vitifolius, and strawberry Fragaria.(2)
Print References
Powell, J. A., 1964. Biological and Taxonomic Studies on Tortricine Moths with Reference to the Species in California. University of California Press.
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, pl. 17.28, 17.29; p. 144.(2)
Works Cited
1.Biological and taxonomic studies on Tortricine moths, ....
Jerry A. Powell . 1964. University of California Publications in Entomology .
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems