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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Clepsis » Privet Tortrix - Hodges#3683 (Clepsis consimilana)

Species Clepsis consimilana - Privet Tortrix - Hodges#3683

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References
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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 Tortricinae
Tribe Archipini
Genus Clepsis
Species consimilana (Privet Tortrix - Hodges#3683)
Hodges Number
3683
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Clepsis consimilana (Hübner, 1822)
Tortrix consimilana Hübner, 1822
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin consimilandus meaning "compare."
Size
Wingspan 13-19 mm.
Forewing length 7.5-9 mm (Dang, Duncan & Fitzpatrick, 1996).
Identification
Adult - see Dang, Duncan & Fitzpatrick in Print References.
Range
An introduced Palaearctic species. First found in the eastern United States in 1941.
Type locality: Europe.
Food
Larvae are known to feed on privet, lilac, and in British Columbia were recorded on English yew (Taxus baccata L., Taxaceae) (Dang, Duncan & Fitzpatrick, 1996).
Print References
Dang, P.T., R.W. Duncan & S. Fitzpatrick, 1996. Occurrence of two Palaearctic species of Clepsis Guenée, C. spectrana (Treitschke) and C. consimilana (Hubner) (Tortricidae), in British Columbia, Canada. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 50(4): 321-328
Hübner, J., 1822. Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge 7: Pl.38, f.239.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
British Lepidoptera
UK Moths
Norfolk Moths
Jacob Hübner (1761-1826)
Contributed by John Davis on 2 August, 2009 - 4:13pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 23 January, 2018 - 4:32pm

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