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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Olethreutini » Apotomis » Apotomis infida - Hodges#2767 (Apotomis infida)

Species Apotomis infida - Hodges#2767

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Tortricidae: Apotomis infida - Apotomis infida

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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 Apotomis

Species infida (Apotomis infida - Hodges#2767)

Hodges Number

2767

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apotomis infida (Heinrich, 1926)

Aphania infida Heinrich, 1926 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "untrustworthy, incredible."

Size

Wingspan 18-19.5 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - forewing mottled silvery-gray with dark brownish patches at base and mid-way along costa; several black-rimmed irregular spots in lower half of wing; hindwing pale brownish-gray.

Range

Also occurs in Europe.

Holotype male and paratype: St. Johns, Quebec (Chagnon, 9-VI-15, 12-VI-15).

Other described material: Toronto, Canada (Evans, 9-VI-11); Sebec Lake, ME (July 1-7); New Hampshire (August Busck); Wisconsin ( Buchholz); Calgary, Alberta (F.H. Wolley-Dod(2)); Waterton, Alberta (H.L. Seamans(2) July 12-1923); Aweme, Manitoba (Norman Criddle, 14-VII-1922); Nordegg, Alberta (J. McDunnough McDunnough, June and July 1921); Victoria. British Columbia (E.H. Blackmore, 8-VII-17); Franconia, NH.

Food

Larvae feed on willow (Salix), quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) and field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ). (3)

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1926. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 132: 121. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Carl Heinrich

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Entomologists of Alberta. P.W. Riegert. 1989. The Entomological Society of Canada.

3.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 July, 2008 - 12:17am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 31 December, 2017 - 8:24am

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