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Species Notocelia culminana - Crescent-marked Notocelia - Hodges#3211

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Spilonota - Notocelia culminana Notocelia culminana - Hodges #3211 - Notocelia culminana Notocelia culminana Pennsylvania Moth - Notocelia culminana Pennsylvania Moth - Notocelia culminana Notocelia culminana 621109 Notocelia culminana 3211 - Notocelia culminana Notocelia culminana - Notocelia culminana
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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 Notocelia
Species culminana (Crescent-marked Notocelia - Hodges#3211)

Hodges Number

3211

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Notocelia culminana (Walsingham, 1879)
Paedisca culminana Walsingham, 1879 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #621109

Size

Forewing length 6-9 mm. (2)

Food

Larval hosts are apple (Malus) and rose (Rosa). (2)

Print References

Walsingham, Lord. 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, 4: 38. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
Lord Walsingham (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.North-American Torticidae
Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Mike Boone on 9 January, 2008 - 9:11pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 2 May, 2022 - 6:08pm

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