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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Tortricini » Acleris » Lesser Maple Leafroller - Hodges#3539 (Acleris chalybeana)

Species Acleris chalybeana - Lesser Maple Leafroller - Hodges#3539

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

Lesser Maple Leafroller - Acleris chalybeana

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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 Tortricini

Genus Acleris

Species chalybeana (Lesser Maple Leafroller - Hodges#3539)

Hodges Number

3539

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acleris chalybeana (Fernald, 1882)

Teras chalybeana Fernald, 1882 (1)

Peronea chalybeana

Phylogenetic sequence #620039

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin chalybeius meaning "iron, steel, chalybeate," for the "light steel-blue" features of the moth. (2), (1)

Size

Wingspan about 21 mm. (3)

Larva to about 19 mm. (3)

Identification

Larva - light green. (3)

genitalia

Range

Eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada. (4), (3)

Food

Larvae feed on the leaves of sugar maple, red maple, mountain maple, yellow birch, beech and eastern hophornbeam. (3)

Described material: Orono, Maine, one taken at sugar Sept. 20, 1880 (Fernald); New York. (1)

Life Cycle

Larva pupates in a folded leaf shelter. Early instars may winter in hibernacula on twigs. (3)

Pupa; adult; adult

Print References

Fernald, C.H., 1882. Descriptions of new species of Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 10: 65. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Charles H. Fernald (1838-1921)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of new species of Tortricidae. Charles Henry Fernald. 1882. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 65-72.

2.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

3.	Insects of Eastern Forests Arnold T. Drooz, (editors). 1985. USDA Forest Service Misc. Publication 1426.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by John F. Carr on 20 April, 2009 - 4:22pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 December, 2021 - 7:15am

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