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Species Choristoneura fractivittana - Broken-banded Leafroller - Hodges#3632

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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 Choristoneura

Species fractivittana (Broken-banded Leafroller - Hodges#3632)

Hodges Number

3632

Other Common Names

Dark-banded Fireworm (1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Choristoneura fractivittana (Clemens, 1865)

Lozotaenia fractivittana Clemens, 1865 (2)

Tortrix fumosa Robinson, 1869 (3)

Choristoneura fumosa (Robinson, 1869)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from the Latin fractus + vitta meaning "broken-banded", refering to the broken or separated brown band on the forewing.

Size

Wingspan 16-28 mm.

Identification

Adult - orangish-yellow with oblique brown median band, broken by ground color near upper end (the break more conspicuous in males than females). Narrow brown subapical patch at costa linked to median band in males, separated in females. HW dark gray in male; tan with gray shade in lower half in female. Male usually smaller and darker than female. [adapted from description by Charles Covell]

Range

Alberta to Nova Scotia, south to South Carolina, Texas, and Washington. (1)

Type locality: Virginia.

Type locality Choristoneura fumosa (Robinson, 1869): Ohio.

Food

Larvae feed on apple, beech, birch, elm, maple, oak, and blackberry (Rubus). (1)

Print References

Clemens, B., 1865. North American micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 5: 136. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

E. H. Strickland Museum (1)

BOLD Systems

Maryland Moths

Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867)

Works Cited

1.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

2.	North American Micro-Lepidoptera Clemens, Brackenridge. 1865. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, Volume 5: 139-47.

3.	Notes on American Tortricidae. Coleman T. Robinson. 1869. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 261-288.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 22 September, 2005 - 7:20pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Jason Dombroskie
Last updated 21 January, 2018 - 9:03am

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