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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Grapholitini » Grapholita » Three-lined Grapholita - Hodges#3443 (Grapholita tristrigana)

Species Grapholita tristrigana - Three-lined Grapholita - Hodges#3443

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Beautiful Tiny Moth - Grapholita tristrigana Three-lined Grapholita Moth - Grapholita tristrigana Small, striped moth - Grapholita tristrigana Three-lined Grapholita - Hodges#3443 - Grapholita tristrigana Olethreutinae, pupa in Baptisia stem - Grapholita tristrigana Grapholita? - Grapholita tristrigana three-lined grapholita - Grapholita tristrigana Grapholita tristrigana
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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 Grapholitini
Genus Grapholita
Species tristrigana (Three-lined Grapholita - Hodges#3443)
Hodges Number
3443
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Grapholita tristrigana (Clemens, 1865) (1)
Stigmonota tristrigana Clemens, 1865 (2)
Enarmonia saundersana Kearfott, 1907 (3)
Enarmonia tristrigana
Laspeyresia tristrigana
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "three-lined" for the "pale yellowish blotch containing three blackish lines." (2)
Size
Wingspan 10-16 mm. (1)
Range
Eastern half of the United States. (4)
Season
Flight period - April to July (5)
Food
Larval hosts are wild indigo (Baptisia, Fabaceae), lupine (Lupinus, Fabaceae) and marijuana (Cannabis sativa, Cannabaceae). (6)
Life Cycle
Larvae feed in pods or stems.
Larva in pod of White Wild Indigo; larva; pupa; pupa in stem of White Wild Indigo; adult
Print References
Clemens, B., North American micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 5: 133. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Brackenridge Clemens
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.North American Micro-Lepidoptera
Clemens, Brackenridge. 1865. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, Volume 5: 139-47.
3.New North American Tortricidae.
William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide
Gilligan, Todd M., Donald J. Wright, and Loran D. Gibson. 2008. Ohio Biological Survey, P.O. Box 21370, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0370.
6.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
Contributed by tom murray on 2 July, 2005 - 6:52am
Additional contributions by ceiseman, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 11 December, 2018 - 5:17pm

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