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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

Clepsis consimilana - Clepsis consimilana - female

Clepsis consimilana NJ June - Clepsis consimilana

Clepsis consimilana? - Clepsis consimilana - male

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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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