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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 coruscana - Hodges#2838 (Olethreutes coruscana)

Species Olethreutes coruscana - Hodges#2838

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth - Olethreutes coruscana Olethreutes sp. ? - Olethreutes coruscana Silver-spotted micromoth - Olethreutes coruscana Olethreutes coruscana - Hodges #2838 - Olethreutes coruscana Olethruetes coruscana - Olethreutes coruscana moth - Olethreutes coruscana moth - Olethreutes coruscana Moth 2 - Olethreutes coruscana
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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 coruscana (Olethreutes coruscana - Hodges#2838)
Hodges Number
2838
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Olethreutes coruscana (Clemens, 1860)
Antithesia coruscana Clemens, 1860
Antithesia ? coruscana Clemens, 1860 (1)
Argyroploce coruscana
Sericoris puncticostana Walker, 1863
Sericoris constellatana Zeller, 1875
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin coruscans meaning "flashing, glittering" for the "metallic leaden" spots and lines on the forewing. (1)
Size
Wingspan 14-17 mm. (2)
Range
Records from Maine, Quebec and Ontario south to North Carolina, west to Kansas and Iowa. (3), (2)
Remarks
One of several Nearctic Olethreutes s. l. species with iridescent spots on the forewings:

      [missing]                     [missing]                     [missing]                    

astrologana                  coruscana                    ferrolineana                 metallica                      nordeggana                 sordidana                     galaxana

  [missing]                          
siderana                      concretana                   auricapitana                 nr. auricapitana            albiciliana                    agilana
See Also
Olethreutes ferrolineana - Separated by dissection, see Print References.
Print References
Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 346. (1)
Miller, W.E., 1985. Nearctic Olethreutes: five new synonymies, two revised statuses, and notes (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 87: 408-417.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcoding Life
Tortricid.net
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.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
Contributed by tom murray on 25 July, 2005 - 5:49am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robin McLeod, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 28 December, 2022 - 9:33pm

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