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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Tortricini » Acleris » Acleris implexana - Hodges#3522 (Acleris implexana)

Species Acleris implexana - Hodges#3522

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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 Tortricinae
Tribe Tortricini
Genus Acleris
Species implexana (Acleris implexana - Hodges#3522)
Hodges Number
3522
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acleris implexana (Walker, 1863) (1)
Sciaphila implexana Walker, 1863 (2)
Peronea gallicolana Clemens, 1864 (3)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin implexus meaning "involved, entwined."
Size
Wingspan about 13-14 mm.
Identification
Adult - forewing light yellowish with gray triangular or semicircular patch midway along costa containing several darker gray spots; dark spot in AM area near inner margin; hindwing slightly paler than forewing, unmarked.
Range
Quebec to British Columbia and presumably adjacent areas of United States.
Type locality: St. Martin's Falls on the Albany River, Ontario (Dr. Barnston). (4), (2)
Food
Larvae feed on leaves of quaking aspen and willow. (5) Also reported feeding in the pine cone willow gall caused by the gall midge Rhabdophaga strobiloides.
Remarks
At present, distinguishing this species from A. ferrumixtana, previously treated as a subspecies of implexana, by external features is not possible. A. implexana is a Nearctic species with DNA supported records at BOLD from across Canada, while ferrumixtana is Holarctic with records from Canada and Scandinavia.(6)
See Also
Acleris simpliciana forewing gray patch lacks darker gray spots and is broken into two unequal blotches; simpliciana may have an earlier flight period (July?) but more data is needed.
Print References
Walker, F., 1863. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII – Tortricites and Tineites. British Museum (Natural History), p.338. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Francis Walker (1809-1874)
Works Cited
1.Some North American moths of the genus Acleris (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Nicholas S. Obratzsov. 1963. Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 114(3469): 213-270.
2.List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII – Tortricites and Tineites
Francis Walker. 1863. British Museum (Natural History), p.287-561.
3.North American micro-lepidoptera.
Brackenridge Clemens. 1864. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3(3): 505-520.
4.Gilligan, T. M., J. Baixeras, J. W. Brown & K. R. Tuck. 2014. T@RTS: Online, World Catalogue of the Tortricidae.
5.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
6.Immigrant Tortricidae: Holarctic versus Introduced Species in North America
Gilligan, T.M., J.W. Brown, J, Baixeras. 2020. Insects, 11(9), 594: 1-59.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 July, 2008 - 4:51pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 14 September, 2020 - 6:45pm

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