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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Olethreutini » Olethreutes » Olethreutes deprecatoria - Hodges#2844 (Olethreutes deprecatoria)

Species Olethreutes deprecatoria - Hodges#2844

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

Micro moth sp ? - Olethreutes deprecatoria

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1933 Orthotaenia undulana - Dusky Leafroller 2770 - Olethreutes deprecatoria

2430 Orthotaenia undulana - - Dusky Leafroller 2770 - Olethreutes deprecatoria

Orthotaenia undulana - Dusky Leafroller Moth 2770 - Olethreutes deprecatoria

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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 Olethreutini

Genus Olethreutes

Species deprecatoria (Olethreutes deprecatoria - Hodges#2844)

Hodges Number

2844

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Olethreutes deprecatorius Heinrich, 1926 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "deprecating, apologetic or disparaging."

Size

Wingspan 15-19 mm. (1)

Forewing length 8-10.5 mm. (2)

Identification

Refer to discussion here.

Range

Scattered records across North America. (3)

Type locality: Wellington, British Columbia.

Habitat

Flies in wet mountain meadows in the west. (2)

Food

Powell & Opler found the larva (black in color) on false hellebore (Veratrum) in California and consider the Canadian record of Prentice on Populus tremuloides as needing confirmation.

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1926. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 132: 177. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Carl Heinrich (1880-1955)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae Carl Heinrich. 1926. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 132: 1-216.

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

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 26 September, 2009 - 7:33pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 7 April, 2020 - 8:53pm

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