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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 » Stained-back Leafroller - Hodges#3543 (Acleris maculidorsana)

Species Acleris maculidorsana - Stained-back Leafroller - Hodges#3543

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

Stained-back Leafroller Moth - Acleris maculidorsana

Stained-back Leafroller Moth - 3543 - Acleris maculidorsana

Acleris maculidorsana - Acleris maculidorsana

Stained-back Leafroller - Acleris maculidorsana

Stained-back Leafroller #2 - Acleris maculidorsana

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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 maculidorsana (Stained-back Leafroller - Hodges#3543)

Hodges Number

3543

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acleris maculidorsana (Clemens, 1864) (1)

Cnephasia ? maculidorsana Clemens, 1864 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin macula dorsum meaning "dorsal spot or stain."

Size

Wingspan 18 mm.

Identification

Range

Recorded from the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada. (3)

Type locality: Maine (A.S. Packard Jr.). (4), (2)

Food

Larvae recorded on leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne), shrubby St. Johnswort (Hypericum prolificum), laurel (Kalmia), paradise apple (Malus pumila) and Blue Ridge blueberry (Vaccinium pallidum). (5)

Print References

Clemens, B., 1864. North American micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3(3): 516. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867)

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	North American micro-lepidoptera. Brackenridge Clemens. 1864. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3(3): 505-520.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

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

5.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 18 April, 2005 - 5:54pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Nick Block, Randy Hardy, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 7 May, 2018 - 3:51pm

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