Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Olethreutes mysteriana Miller, 1979
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "mysterious, secret."
Size
Forewing length 7.5-8.5 mm.
(1)Range
Records from Manitoba, Quebec, Vermont and Massachusetts, south to North Carolina, Kentucky and Illinois.
(2)Food
Larvae are leaf tiers of American elm (
Ulmus americana) and hackberry (
Celtis).
(3),
(1)Print References
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, p.63.44.
Miller, W.E., 1979. The genus
Olethreutes: identity corrections and description of a new secies (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae).
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 72(2): 235 (
abstract).