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Species Grapholita interstinctana - Clover Head Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#3439

Moth 09.07.14 (1) - Grapholita interstinctana

Clover Head Caterpillar Moth - Grapholita interstinctana

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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 Grapholita

Species interstinctana (Clover Head Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#3439)

Hodges Number

3439

Other Common Names

Clover Seed Caterpillar

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Grapholita interstinctana (Clemens, 1860)

Stigmonota interstinctana Clemens, 1860 (1)

Dichrorampha scitana Walker, 1863 (2)

Grapholita distema Grote, 1873 (3)

Enarmonia interstinctana

Laspeyresia interstinctana

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin interstincta meaning "extinguished."

Size

FWL≈4-6mm

Wingspan 7-12 mm. (4)

Identification

Adult: FW dark brown with a single pair of white dorsal strigulae per wing. (5)

Larva: Late instar larvae are approximately 5-6 mm in length with a pale abdomen. The head and prothoracic shield are yellowish brown. An anal comb is absent. (5)

Range

Distributed in eastern North America from Maine to Alberta, south to Missouri. (5)

Season

Adults fly from late May to September. (5)

Food

Larvae feed on seeds in the heads of clover; usually one larva is present per flower head. Larvae have also been reported feeding on sunflower (Asteraceae). (5)

Life Cycle

2-3 generations per year. (5)

Print References

Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 351. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD Systems

Tortricids of Agricultural Importance

Brackenridge Clemens

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.	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.

3.	VI. Contributions to a knowledge of North American moths. Augustus Radcliffe Grote. 1873. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 1: 73-94.

4.	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.

5.	Tortricids of Agricultural Importance Todd M. Gilligan and Marc E. Epstein.

Contributed by tom murray on 2 September, 2005 - 10:51pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Tony-2, anitagould, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 January, 2019 - 10:15am

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