Species Cenopis directana - Chokecherry Leafroller - Hodges#3722

3722

Cenopis directana (Walker, 1863)

Teras directana Walker, 1863 (1)

Sparganothis directana

Cenopis quercana Fernald, 1882 (2)

Specific epithet from Latin directus meaning "direct, arranged in lines, laid straight," referring to the "numerous minute transverse darker streaks" on the forewings. (1)

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the forewing length 8-10 mm. (3)

Adult: forewing dull orange with dull reddish diagonal AM and PM lines and diffuse/stippled reddish shading beyond PM line (forming a triangular patch across apex); very little contrast between red and orange color, and no net-like reticulations in median or basal areas of wing; hindwing light yellowish-orange.

Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Ontario to Florida(4), Saskatchewan to Texas. (5)

Reported from California(6), Montana and Colorado.

Heppner (2003) reported March to June. (5)

Larvae are leafrollers on a variety of plant families and have been recorded on chokecherry, shrubby blackberry, Blue Ridge blueberry, grape, white spruce, apple walnut, paper birch, cotton and serviceberry. (7)

The forewing of other Sparganothis species have more contrast between red and orange color and/or a different pattern of lines and/or net-like reticulations in median or basal areas of wing.

Powell, J.A. & J.W. Brown, 2012. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 8.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 105; pl. D.27-32. (8)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, p. 154; plate 19, fig. 12. (3)

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.309. (1)

Moth Photographers Group (9)

University of California, Berkeley