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Species Olethreutes bipartitana - Divided Olethreutes - Hodges#2848

Genus Olethreutes? - Olethreutes bipartitana Tortricid Moth - Olethreutes bipartitana Hodges#2848 - Olethreutes bipartitana Divided Olethreutes Moth - Hodges#2848 - Olethreutes bipartitana Divided Olethreutes Moth - Hodges#2848 - Olethreutes bipartitana divided olethreutes? - Olethreutes bipartitana Olethreutes bipartitana? - Olethreutes bipartitana Pennsylvania Moth - Olethreutes bipartitana
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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 Olethreutini
Genus Olethreutes
Species bipartitana (Divided Olethreutes - Hodges#2848)
Hodges Number
2848
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Olethreutes bipartitana (Clemens, 1860)
Antithesia bipartitana Clemens, 1860 (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin bipartita maning "divided into two parts."
Size
FWL ≈ 6-9 mm. (2)
Wingspan 15.5-20 mm. (3)
Range
Records across North America, absent from the southeastern United States. (4)
Type locality: Massachusetts (Scudder).
Food
Larval hosts include scaleseed (Spermolepis), wild celery (Apium graveolens) and red clover (Trifolium pratense). (2), (5) Also Swamp Lousewort (Pedicularis lanceolata) (MJ Hatfield)
Life Cycle
Larva; adult
Print References
Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 346. (1)
Works Cited
1.Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6.
Brackenridge Clemens. 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 345-362.
2.Guide to the Olethreutine moths of midland North America (Tortricidae).
William E. Miller. 1987. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook 660: 1-104.
3.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.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database