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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 » Forbes' Acleris - Hodges#3525 (Acleris forbesana)

Species Acleris forbesana - Forbes' Acleris - Hodges#3525

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

Acleris forbesana female - Acleris forbesana - female

Perhaps distinctive Micromoth - Acleris forbesana

3525 Forbes' Acleris (Acleris forbesana) - Acleris forbesana

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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 Tortricinae

Tribe Tortricini

Genus Acleris

Species forbesana (Forbes' Acleris - Hodges#3525)

Hodges Number

3525

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Alceris forbesanain (McDunnough, 1934)

Peronea forbesanain McDunnough, 1934

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of W.T.M. Forbes (1885-1968) an American entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.

Size

Wingspan about 13 mm.

Identification

Adult - forewing whitish with dark gray triangular patch midway along costa, and lighter gray shading in diffuse patches near anal angle, in subterminal area, and in basal area; dark dot (sometimes absent) in AM area near costa, not near inner margin; hindwing pale gray or silvery, unmarked.

genitalia

Range

Apparently scattered distribution in the east (Quebec, Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin) and west (British Columbia and Alberta, California).

Type locality: Bobcaygeon, Ontario. (1)

Food

Larvae feed on dogwood (Cornus spp.) in California and British Columbia.

See Also

Acleris implexana forewing more yellowish, diffuse gray patches less conspicuous, and dark spot in AM area situated near inner margin, not near costa.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

James Halliday McDunnough (1877-1962)

Works Cited

1.	Gilligan, T. M., J. Baixeras, J. W. Brown & K. R. Tuck. 2014. T@RTS: Online, World Catalogue of the Tortricidae.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 29 July, 2008 - 11:23pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 March, 2018 - 8:00am

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