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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

Genus Olethreutes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth - Olethreutes Tort moth - Olethreutes moth - Olethreutes Tortricid - Olethreutes malana Olethreutes fasciatana - male moth - Olethreutes fasciatana Moth - Olethreutes ferriferana Olethreutes punctanum? - Olethreutes punctanum
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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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Olethreutes Hübner, 1822
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet from Greek olethreuonta meaning "destroyer, annihilator," a term used to describe the devil in Greek biblical texts (Corinthians, Exodus, Psalms/Tehillim).
Numbers
Occurs almost exclusively in the Holarctic region. Richly represented in the nearctic (about 90 species), many from the east in deciduous forests. (1)
Print References
Hübner, J., 1822. Systematisch-alphabetisches Verzeichniss (351): 72.
Internet References
Jacob Hübner (1761-1826)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by tom murray on 22 June, 2005 - 5:58pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 11 November, 2020 - 6:24pm

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