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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 » Acleris cervinana - Hodges#3514 (Acleris cervinana)

Species Acleris cervinana - Hodges#3514

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · 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 Tortricinae

Tribe Tortricini

Genus Acleris

Species cervinana (Acleris cervinana - Hodges#3514)

Hodges Number

3514

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acleris cervinana (Fernald, 1882)

Teras cervinana Fernald, 1882 (1)

Teras americana Fernald, 1882 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin cervinus meaning "tawny, deerskin brown," for the "reddish fawn colored" features of the moth. (1)

Size

Wingspan 17 mm. (1)

Forewing length 7-8 mm. (2)

Identification

Adult - Many forms. Powell & Opler describe it as having "jaw-dropping different color forms." (2)

Range

Pacific Northwest, across Canada, and the eastern United States. (2)

Lectotype male: Cambridge?, Massachusetts. (3)

Food

Hazelnut. (2) HOSTS database also lists yellow birch and alder. (4)

Print References

Fernald, C.H., 1882. Descriptions of new species of Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 65. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Charles H. Fernald (1838-1921)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of new species of Tortricidae. Charles Henry Fernald. 1882. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 65-72.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

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

4.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 28 April, 2005 - 11:28am
Additional contributions by anitagould, Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 February, 2019 - 2:46pm

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