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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Sparganothini » Cenopis » Maple-Basswood Leafroller - Hodges#3725 (Cenopis pettitana)

Species Cenopis pettitana - Maple-Basswood Leafroller - Hodges#3725

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Tortricinae
Tribe Sparganothini
Genus Cenopis
Species pettitana (Maple-Basswood Leafroller - Hodges#3725)
Hodges Number
3725
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cenopis pettitana (Robinson, 1869)
Tortrix pettitana Robinson, 1869 (1)
Sparganothis acerivorana MacKay, 1952
Cenopis acerivorana
Explanation of Names
Named in honor insect collector Johnson Pettit (died 1898) of Buffalo, New York, who collected the first specimens. (1)
Size
Wingspan 23-28 mm. (1)
Identification
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include eastern North America, Nova Scotia to Florida, Saskatchewan to Texas. (2)
Beadle & Leckie (2012) listed on the checklist for the NE. (3)
Season
The main flight period appears to be May to September.
Heppner (2003) reported April to June in Florida. (2)
Food
Heppner (2003) listed the following host plants. (2)
Acer sp. (maple).
Alnus sp. (alder).
Betula sp. (birch).
Populus sp. (poplar)
Quercus sp. (oak).
Tilia sp. (lime)
Ulmus americanus L. (American elm).
also: Solidago flexicaulis, Black Walnut
Life Cycle
one generation per year
eggs; larva; yellow adult; white adult
Print References
Powell, J.A. & J.W. Brown, 2012. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 8.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 94; pl. D.2-8. (4)
Robinson, C.T., 1869. Notes on American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 269. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (6)
Coleman Townsend Robinson (1839-1872)
Works Cited
1.Notes on American Tortricidae.
Coleman T. Robinson. 1869. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 261-288.
2.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
3.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
4.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.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 27 July, 2005 - 1:00am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 1 March, 2024 - 5:12pm

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