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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Grapholitini » Ofatulena » Ofatulena duodecemstriata - Hodges#3444 (Ofatulena duodecemstriata)

Species Ofatulena duodecemstriata - Hodges#3444

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

Ofatulena duodecemstriata - Ofatulena duodecemstriata

Grapholitini ? - Ofatulena duodecemstriata

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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 Grapholitini

Genus Ofatulena

Species duodecemstriata (Ofatulena duodecemstriata - Hodges#3444)

Hodges Number

3444

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ofatulena duodecemstriata (Walsingham, 1884)

Grapholitha duodecemstriata Walsingham, 1884

Grapholitha ? duodecemstriata Walsingham, 1884 (1)

Enarmonia duodecemstriata

Laspeyresia duodecemstriata

Phylogenetic sequence #621327

Explanation of Names

duodecemstriata (L). "twelve-lined" for the "twelve parallel transverse whitish lines" on the forewing. (1)

Numbers

Ofatulena includes two species in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Forewing length 5-8 mm.(3)

Identification

Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)

Range

c. CA to the edge of e. TX, also UT - Map (4)(5)(6)(3)(7)(1)(8)

Season

Adults fly April through September. (3)

Food

Heinrich (1926) reported the larvae feed on the seedpods of Prosopis (mesquite). (6), (7)

Powell & Opler (2009) lists mesquite pods, and more specifically, screwbean mesquite (Prosopis pubescens). (3)

Larvae have been reared on Parkinsonia aculeata (Jerusalem thorn a.k.a. Mexican palo verde). (9)

Remarks

Ofatulena luminosa can be separated by color and pattern. However, there are three BINs at BOLD for O. duodecemstriata and O. luminosa:

AAD3346 - Ofatulena duodecemstriata

AAD3348 - Ofatulena duodecemstriata

AAE5832 - Ofatulena luminosa

The images in AAE5832 seem to be a better fit with the original description for O. luminosa as far as I can tell. Images in AAE5832 seem to refer to O. luminosa. Images in AAD3348 seem to be intermediate between the two species. The BINs are reasonably well separated inferring that 3 species may be involved. Jason Dombroskie agrees that AAD3348 may represent a new undescribed species. - Steve Nanz (9/18/2017)

See Also

Similar to many Cydia except in color.

Print References

Heinrich, C. 1926. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 132: 40. (6)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, pl.17.18f; p.143. (3)

Walsingham, Lord. 1884. X. North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1884: 146; pl.4, f.16. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG (8)

Barcode of Life Data Systems - BOLD (10)

Lord Walsingham - Wikipedia

Works Cited

1.	X. North American Tortricidae. Lord Walsingham. 1884. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1884: 121-147.

2.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin

5.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

6.	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.

7.	Annotated checklist of New World insects associated with Prosopis (Mesquite) C. R. Ward, C. W. O'Brien, l. B. O'Brien, D. E. Foster, E. W. Huddleston. 1977. Agricultural Research Service, U.S.D.A. 1557: 1-115.

8.	North American Moth Photographers Group

9.	Tortricid moths reared from the invasive weed Mexican palo verde, Parkinsonia aculeata, with comments on .... John W. Brown, Ricardo Segura, Quiyari Santiago-Jiménez, Jadranka Rota, Tim A. Heard. 2011. Journal of Insect Science 11(7): 1-17.

10.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by John F. Carr on 11 May, 2009 - 4:55pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 3 November, 2022 - 5:48pm

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