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Species Olethreutes quadrifidum - Hodges#2794

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · See Also · 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 Olethreutinae
Tribe Olethreutini
Genus Olethreutes
Species quadrifidum (Olethreutes quadrifidum - Hodges#2794)
Hodges Number
2794
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Olethreutes quadrifidum (Zeller, 1875)
Exartema quadrifidum Zeller, 1875 (1)
Cymolomia quadrifidum
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet is Latin meaning "split into four parts" for the "strong, dirty white vein on the forewing with four smaller branches" that distinguish the moth. (1)
Size
Wingspan 19-20 mm. (2)
Identification
Adults - olivaceous brown in color with somewhat darker apical and mid costal patches.
Range
New York, New Hampshire, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, and British Columbia. (3)
Holotype male: Massachusetts (Burgess, 6 July). (1)
Habitat
Brushy or wooded areas with dogwood and chokecherry. (3)
Food
Larvae are leaf tiers on dogwood (Cornus), including redosier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera), and chokecherry (Prunus virginiana). (4), (5)
See Also
The forewings of this species differ from O. punctana by lacking a dark basal patch and discal spot, and from o. inornatana by having a fine line of white scaling following the fold.
Print References
Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 268. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808-1883)
Works Cited
1.Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren, vol. 3.
Phillip Christoph Zeller. 1875. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.
2.Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae
Carl Heinrich. 1926. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 132: 1-216.
3.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
4.Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide
Gilligan, Todd M., Donald J. Wright, and Loran D. Gibson. 2008. Ohio Biological Survey, P.O. Box 21370, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0370.
5.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
Contributed by tom murray on 23 January, 2008 - 7:51pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 6 July, 2020 - 10:42am

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