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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Rhopobota » Holly Tortrix - Hodges#3276 (Rhopobota naevana)

Species Rhopobota naevana - Holly Tortrix - Hodges#3276

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Eucosmini

Genus Rhopobota

Species naevana (Holly Tortrix - Hodges#3276)

Hodges Number

3276

Other Common Names

Holly Bud Moth

Blackheaded Fireworm (larvae)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rhopobota naevana (Hübner, [1817])

Tortrix naevana Hübner, ([1817])

Phylogenetic sequence #621188

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin naevus meaning "birthmark."

Size

Wingspan 10-14 mm. (1)

Identification

Genitalia:

♀

♂

Food

Holly (Ilex), apple, blueberry, cherry, Crataegus, Fraxinus, Prunus, Pyrus, Sorbus, Spiraea, Syringa, and Vaccinium.

Remarks

Introduced in British Columbia in 1923.

Pest of some concern in cranberries and holly landscaping.

Print References

Hübner, J., [1817]. Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge (261): Pl.41.

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Nursery IPM (Oregon State Univ.)

UK Moths

Moth Photographers Group

Jacob Hübner (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.

Contributed by Kevin Hall on 6 August, 2009 - 11:00am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, ceiseman, Randy Hardy, Blocky, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 5 April, 2024 - 10:20pm

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