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Species Ancylis discigerana - Yellow Birch leaffolder moth - Hodges#3358

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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 Enarmoniini
Genus Ancylis
Species discigerana (Yellow Birch leaffolder moth - Hodges#3358)
Hodges Number
3358
Other Common Names
Enrouleuse du bouleau jaune - In French :)… Ilze V-G.
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ancylis discigerana (Walker, 1863)
Grapholita discigerana Walker, 1863 (1)
Phoxopteryx discigerana
Anchylopera discigerana (2)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin discus + geras meaning "bearing a disk" for the "disk of the thorax." (1)
Size
Wingspan 15-19 mm. (2)
Range
Records across North America. (3)
Type locality. Nova Scotia. (1)
Food
Larval hosts are: (4)
yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
common ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
clover (Trifolium)
Print References
Walker, F., 1863. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII – Tortricites and Tineites. British Museum (Natural History), p.384. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Francis Walker (1809-1874)
Works Cited
1.List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII – Tortricites and Tineites
Francis Walker. 1863. British Museum (Natural History), p.287-561.
2.Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae
Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
Contributed by tom murray on 10 August, 2005 - 5:19pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 August, 2020 - 9:42am

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