Species Pseudosciaphila duplex - Poplar Leafroller - Hodges#2769

2769

Spotted Aspen Leafroller

Pseudosciaphila duplex (Walsingham, 1895)

Penthina duplex Walsingham, 1895 (1)

Argyroploce thallasana McDunnough, 1922

Phylogenetic sequence #620538

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "twofold, double" but it's unclear from the description what it refers to. (1)

Wingspan 18-27 mm. (2), (1)

Forewing length 10-13 mm. (3)

Adult - forewing of typical form resembles a bird dropping -- dark gray in basal, medial, and terminal areas, and whitish in antemedial (AM) and postmedial (PM) areas; dark medial patch is widest at inner margin, tapering with irregular edges to a blunt point at costa; short black marks along distal half of costa; small black patch at apex; some individuals have a mostly dark brown forewing, and others have a mostly light brown forewing; hindwing in all forms dark gray with pale fringe. (3)

Northern United States and southern Canada: Quebec and New England to northern California and British Columbia.

Type locality: Loveland, Colorado.

Larvae feed on leaves of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), rarely birch, plum or willow. (4), (3)

Dusky leafroller (Orthotaenia undulana) forewing has less white/more gray, a more extensive medial patch, and a slightly different pattern of markings.

Walsingham, Lord. 1895. XXI. New Species of North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1895: 501; Pl.12, f.4. (1)

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