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Species Epinotia arctostaphylana - Hodges#3328

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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 Eucosmini
Genus Epinotia
Species arctostaphylana (Epinotia arctostaphylana - Hodges#3328)
Hodges Number
3328
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epinotia arctostaphylana (Kearfott, 1904)
Cydia arctostaphylana Kearfott 1904 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #621240
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from the host plant genus Arctostaphylos. (1)
Size
Wingspan 17-18 mm. (1)
Forewing length 7-10 mm. (2)
Range
British Columbia to California. (2)
Food
Dyar reared them on manzanita (Arctostaphylos) in British Columbia. (1) Powell & Opler add summer holly (Comarostaphylis) and Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii). (2)
Print References
Kearfott, W.D. 1904, New tortricids from Kaslo, B.C., and the northwest. The Canadian Entomologist 33(5): 109. (1)
Works Cited
1.New tortricids from Kaslo, B.C., and the northwest.
William Dunham Kearfott. 1904. The Canadian Entomologist 33(4-5): 109-117, 137-141.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.