Species Olethreutes astrologana - The Astronomer - Hodges#2837

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Olethreutes astrologana (Zeller, 1875)

Sericoris astrologana Zeller, 1875 (1)

Argyroploce astrologana

Olethreutes coronana Kearfott, 1907 (2), (3)

Phylogenetic sequence #620602

Specific epithet in Latin means "astrology," but the common name fixes that!

Wingspan 14-19 mm. (3)

Olethreutes coruscana and Olethreutes ferrolineana - See Print References below. Forbes mentions in reference to Olethreutes coruscana, "Blue dots on basal part of wing evenly scattered; on apical part arranged in three oblique series, which indicate the outer side of the median fascia, and the edges of the subterminal fascia of coruscana, but with these fasciae no darker than the ground." - At that time, coruscana and ferrolineana were considered to be synonyms.

Adult - see Heinrich (1926) description (174). (3)

Records from eastern Oklahoma and North Carolina, north to Illinois and Maine and adjacent Canada. (4) Heinrich (1926) adds Iowa, Missouri, Texas, New Mexico and British Columbia to Ontario. (3)

One of several Nearctic Olethreutes s. l. species with iridescent spots on the forewings:

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astrologana                  coruscana                    ferrolineana                 metallica                      nordeggana                 sordidana                     galaxana

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siderana                      concretana                   auricapitana                 nr. auricapitana            albiciliana                    agilana

Forbes, W.T.M., 1920. The Lepidopteras of New York and neighboring states, primitive forms Microlepidoptera, Pyraloids, Bombyces. 454.

Zeller, P.C. 1875. Beiträge zur kenntniss nordamericanischen nachtfalter, besponders der microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 25: 281. (1)

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