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Species Amorbia humerosana - White-lined Leafroller - Hodges#3748

White-lined Leafroller - Amorbia humerosana

3748 – Amorbia humerosana – White-line Leafroller - Amorbia humerosana

Moth to porch light - Amorbia humerosana

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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 Tortricinae

Tribe Sparganothini

Genus Amorbia

Species humerosana (White-lined Leafroller - Hodges#3748)

Hodges Number

3748

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Amorbia humerosana Clemens, 1860 (1)

Numbers

There are 7 described species of the genus Amorbia north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Wingspan 21-30 mm.

Identification

Adult - forewing pale gray flecked with black; dark gray triangular area extends from costa to inner margin, mid-way along wing; area along inner margin shaded with brown, sometimes faded.

Range

Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Nova Scotia to Florida, British Columbia to Texas. (3)

Season

Heppner (2003) reported January to April, June, October to December. (3)

Food

Heppner (2003) listed many host plants. (3)

Abies balsamea

Alnus sp.

Betula sp.

Larix laricina

Malus sp.

Picea sp.

Pinus sp.

Populus sp.

Salix sp.

Thuja occidentalis

Tsuga sp.

Ulmus sp.

Reported feeding on poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) Illinois Wildflowers

Print References

Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American Lepidopterology. — No. 6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 12, p. 352. (1)

Covell Jr., C.V., Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths. Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 422; plate 60 (4)

Powell, J.A. & J.W. Brown, 2012. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 8.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 32; pl. A, figs. 16-20. (5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Maryland Moths

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867)

Works Cited

1.	Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Brackenridge Clemens. 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 345-362.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

4.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

5.	The Moths of North America north of Mexico Fascicle 8.1 Sparganothini and Atteriini Jerry A. Powell & John W. Brown. 2012. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 July, 2005 - 3:58pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, anitagould, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 15 May, 2019 - 9:48am

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