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Species Ancylis platanana - Hodges#3370

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Enarmoniini
Genus Ancylis
Species platanana (Ancylis platanana - Hodges#3370)
Hodges Number
3370
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ancylis platanana (Clemens, 1860)
Anchylopera platanana Clemens, 1860 (1)
Phoxopteris marcidana Zeller, 1875 (2)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the host plant genus (Platanus).
Size
Wingspan 10-16 mm. (3)
Range
Records from Maine to Florida, west to Oklahoma and Texas. (4)
Type locality: Pennsylvania.
Phoxopteris marcidana Zeller - Type locality: Texas (Boll).
Food
Larval hosts are American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis), maple (Acer) and oak (Quercus). (5)
Life Cycle
Young larvae feed on both sides of the midrib, near the base and spin fine, silken webs over the leaf surface. Oldern ones feed beneath these webs and skeletonize the leaf.(6)
Overwinter as larvae.(6)
Print References
Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 349. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867)
Works Cited
1.Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6.
Brackenridge Clemens. 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 345-362.
2.Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren, vol. 3.
Phillip Christoph Zeller. 1875. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.
3.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.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
6.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by v belov on 25 September, 2009 - 8:06am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Marci Hess
Last updated 28 August, 2023 - 1:21pm

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