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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 » Olethreutes malana - Hodges#2820 (Olethreutes malana)

Species Olethreutes malana - Hodges#2820

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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
Species malana (Olethreutes malana - Hodges#2820)
Hodges Number
2820
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Olethreutes malana (Fernald, 1882)
Eccopsis malana Fernald, 1882 (1)
Exartema malanum
Cymolomia malana
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from the host plant genus (Malus).
Size
Wingspan 14-15 mm. (2)
Range
Records from Wisconsin, Ontario, Quebec and Maine, south to North Carolina. (3)
Type locality: Illinois (bred from larvae on apple leaves by Mr. Coquillett). (1)
Food
Larvae feed on the leaves of apple, pear and plum. (4), (1)
Print References
Fernald, C.H., 1882. Descriptions of new species of Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 72. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Charles H. Fernald (1838-1921)
Works Cited
1.Descriptions of new species of Tortricidae.
Charles Henry Fernald. 1882. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 65-72.
2.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.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
Contributed by tom murray on 17 August, 2008 - 9:30am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 4 January, 2018 - 6:31pm

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