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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Grapholitini » Cydia » Filbertworm Moth - Hodges#3494 (Cydia latiferreana)

Species Cydia latiferreana - Filbertworm Moth - Hodges#3494

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

NJ Filbertworm Moth - Cydia latiferreana

Tortricidae: Cydia latiferreana - Cydia latiferreana

Moth emerged from acorn of Live oak - Cydia latiferreana

, Cydia latiferreana - Cydia latiferreana

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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 Cydia

Species latiferreana (Filbertworm Moth - Hodges#3494)

Hodges Number

3494

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cydia latiferreana (Walsingham, 1879)

Carpocapsa latiferreana Walsingham, 1879 (1)

Melissopus latiferreana

Phylogenetic sequence #621383

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "rusty flanks" for the "broad metallic bronzy median fascia." (1)

Numbers

Genus includes 47 spp. (2), including the Codling moth and the Mexican Jumping Bean Borer.

Size

Wingspan 14-19 mm. (3)

Identification

Forewing variably colored, rusty to tan or dark brown. Three metallic bands across forewing, middle most complete (3). Hindwing dark grayish/brown.

Range

Widespread across North America.

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some collection locations and dates.

Bug Guide - map of photo records submitted to the guide.

Season

Most records are from April to November.

Food

Oak acorns, beech nuts, and chestnut burrs per Kimball (1965) (4). Covell (3) notes that larvae may feed inside of "oak apples", which are galls formed by a Cypnid wasp in the genus Amphibolips. It is not clear if it actually feeds on filberts, Corylus (3). It is a pest of Pecan per Knudson & Bordelon (2001) (5).

Life Cycle

Mated pair

Larva (Tort AI)

Remarks

Jason Dombroskie notes that C. latiferreana complex probably includes undescribed species.

See Also

Compare to related species on the pinned plates at Moth Photographers Group

Print References

Covell, C.V. 1984. Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths. p. 416, plate 60#4 (3)

Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 183.302.(6)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 17.7♂, 17.8♂, 60.30; p. 142.(7)

Walsingham, Lord. 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 4: 70; Pl.76, f.8. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Tortricids of Agricultural Importance

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Curated image of male from Powell & Opler(7) (enlarged version of Plate 17.7 therein).

Lord Walsingham

Works Cited

1.	North-American Torticidae Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.

2.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

3.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

4.	The Lepidoptera of Florida: An Annotated Checklist. Charles P. Kimball. 1965. Florida Dept. of Ag. Gainesville, FL. v + 363 pp.

5.	Illustrated Checklist of Lepidoptera from the Texas Hill Country and Adjacent Areas, Pub. 8 Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2001. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. 37 pp., 10 color plates.

6.	Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide Gilligan, Todd M., Donald J. Wright, and Loran D. Gibson. 2008. Ohio Biological Survey, P.O. Box 21370, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0370.

7.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 26 September, 2005 - 5:47pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2, anitagould, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Aaron Schusteff, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 March, 2023 - 3:22pm

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