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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Grapholitini » Cydia » Cydia membrosa - Hodges#3458 (Cydia membrosa)

Species Cydia membrosa - Hodges#3458

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hodges #3458 Cydia membrosa ? - Cydia membrosa

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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 Cydia

Species membrosa (Cydia membrosa - Hodges#3458)

Hodges Number

3458

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cydia membrosa (Heinrich, 1926)

Laspeyresia membrosa Heinrich, 1926 (1)

Explanation of Names

membra is Greek for a kind of insect. (2)

Numbers

Genus includes 47 spp., including the Codling moth and the Mexican Jumping Bean Borer. (3)

Size

Wingspan 12-16 mm. (1)

Identification

Det. Richard Brown, 2008

Range

sw. US (s. CA to Dallas & Houston) / Mex. - Map (1)(4)

Season

May-Oct in TX (BG data)

Food

Larval hosts are honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) and velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina). (5)

Remarks

Types: San Antonio, TX (Busck, 6-29-17); Brownsville, TX (June); Kerrville, TX (F.C. Pratt, May 06); Hot Springs, AZ (from mesquite, 26-06); Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, AZ (O.C. Poling, July 15-30, 1903); La Puerto Valley, CA (Geo. H. Field, July, 1911); Charlestown Mountains, southern NV (O.G. Poling, 1-15 July, 1921); Clark County, NV (May 16-23).

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1926. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 132: 49. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Tortricid.net

Carl Heinrich

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.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

3.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 28 December, 2008 - 1:22pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 2 December, 2020 - 10:25am

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