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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 variegana - Hodges#3530 (Acleris variegana)

Species Acleris variegana - Hodges#3530

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · 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 variegana (Acleris variegana - Hodges#3530)

Hodges Number

3530

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acleris variegana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) (1)

Phalaena (Tortrix) variegana [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin variegatus meaning "variegated, spotted." (3)

Size

Forewing length 7.2-9.6 mm. (4)

Range

Throughout Europe, northwestern Africa, central Asia, and China. First reported from North America in early 1900s; present on the East and West Coasts.

Food

Larvae feed on members of the Rosaceae, including: apple, pear, blackthorn, cotoneaster, firethorn, hawthorn, rose and sweet cherry. (4)

Life Cycle

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Print References

Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775. Systematisches Verzeichniß der Schmetterlinge der Wienergegend: 130. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

TortAI

LBAM ID fact sheet (4)

Michael Denis (1729-1800)

Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727-1806)

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.	Systematisches Verzeichniß der Schmetterlinge der Wienergegend. Michael Denis & Ignaz Schiffermüller. 1775. Augustin Bernardi, Wien. pp.323.

3.	Dictionary of natural history terms with their derivations, including the various orders, genera, and species. David H. McNicoll. 1863. Lovell Reeve & Company.

4.	LBAM ID - tools for diagnosing light brown apple moth and related western U.S. leafrollers - Epiphyas postvittana (Walker).

Contributed by Cotinis on 31 December, 2007 - 6:36am
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Beatriz Moisset, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, Randy Hardy
Last updated 15 February, 2018 - 10:22am

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