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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Incertae sedis » Carcina » Oak-skeletonizer Moth - Hodges#1069 (Carcina quercana)

Species Carcina quercana - Oak-skeletonizer Moth - Hodges#1069

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · 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 Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Depressariidae

No Taxon (Incertae sedis)

Genus Carcina

Species quercana (Oak-skeletonizer Moth - Hodges#1069)

Hodges Number

1069

Other Common Names

Long-horned Flat-body

Oak Lantern

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Carcina quercana (Fabricius, 1775)

Pyralis quercana Fabricius, 1775

Phalaena quercana

Tortrix quercana

Tortrix fagana Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

Tinea cancella Hübner, [1824]

Lampros faganella Treitschke, 1833

Carcina purpurana Millière, 1874

Explanation of Names

From host plant Quercus (Oak).

Size

Wingspan 17-21 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - smallish, brightly colored, with noticeably long antennae.

Range

Europe, Asia Minor, Vancouver Island. BugGuide records from British Columbia and Washington. (1)

Food

Various deciduous trees, including oak (Quercus) and beech (Fagus) and apple.

Print References

Clarke, J.F.G. 1941. Revision of the North American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90(3107): 234-236 (1)

Hodges, R.W. 1974. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.2, p.134; pl.6.34-37 (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

UK moths

Encyclopedia of Life

Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the North American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species J. F. Gates Clarke. 1941. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90(3107): 33-286.

2.	The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 6.2 Gelechioidea, Oecophoridae Ronald W. Hodges. 1974. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 21 January, 2008 - 3:07pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, James Bailey, Randy Hardy
Last updated 30 June, 2020 - 12:28am

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