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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Cnephasiini » Decodes » Decodes fragariana - Hodges#3574 (Decodes fragariana)

Species Decodes fragariana - Decodes fragariana - Hodges#3574

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

Decodes fragarianus - Decodes fragariana

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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 Cnephasiini

Genus Decodes

Species fragariana (Decodes fragariana - Hodges#3574)

Hodges Number

3574

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Decodes fragariana (Busck, 1919)

Tortricodes fragariana Busck, 1919

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from the host genus (Fragaria). Busck's description referred to its feeding on strawberries.

Size

Forewing length 6.3-8.4 mm. (1)

Identification

Busck (1919) original description is available online in the print references.

Range

British Columbia south to San Diego, California; also Utah, Colorado, New Mexico. (1)

Type locality: Victoria, British Columbia (Mr. W. Downes).

Food

First recorded as a pest on domestic strawberries, subsequently found only on live oaks. (1)

Print References

Busck, A., 1919. Two microlepidoptera injurious to strawberry. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 21: 52.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

LBAM Illustrated Fact Sheet (1)

August Busck (1870-1944)

Works Cited

1.	LBAM ID - tools for diagnosing light brown apple moth and related western U.S. leafrollers - Epiphyas postvittana (Walker).

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 30 March, 2009 - 12:51pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 27 January, 2018 - 6:42pm

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