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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Olethreutini » Olethreutes » Olethreutes n-sp-nr-auricapitana - Hodges#2830.1 (Olethreutes n-sp-nr-auricapitana)

Species Olethreutes n-sp-nr-auricapitana - Hodges#2830.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Range · Remarks · See Also · Internet References

Small moth w metallic spots - Olethreutes n-sp-nr-auricapitana

Pristerognatha fuligana - Olethreutes n-sp-nr-auricapitana

Olethreutes auricapitana - Olethreutes n-sp-nr-auricapitana

Olethreutes n. sp. nr. auricapitana - Olethreutes n-sp-nr-auricapitana

Olethreutes nr. auricapitana? - Olethreutes n-sp-nr-auricapitana

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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 n-sp-nr-auricapitana (Olethreutes n-sp-nr-auricapitana - Hodges#2830.1)

Hodges Number

2830.1

Range

Specimens on BOLD from ON, QC, PEI

Remarks

DNA analysis at BOLD indicates there are two species going under the name auricapitana. According to Michael Sabourin, it appears that true auricapitana is a fern feeding species, and there is an undescribed species near auricapitana that feeds on birch. BOLD:AAI3236 is referable to the fern feeding phenotype, and BOLD:AAF4647 corresponds to the birch feeding phenotype. The species shown on this page is the birch feeding phenotype, which is more likely than not the undescribed species. This conclusion is provisional pending examination of the type specimen of auricapitana.

One of several Nearctic Olethreutes s. l. species with iridescent spots on the forewings:

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astrologana coruscana ferrolineana metallica nordeggana sordidana galaxana

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siderana concretana auricapitana nr. auricapitana albiciliana agilana

See Also

Olethreutes auricapitana

Pristerognatha agilana

Olethreutes albiciliana

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 8 July, 2020 - 10:28am
Last updated 28 December, 2022 - 9:34pm

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