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Species Clepsis virescana - Hodges#3689

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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 Clepsis
Species virescana (Clepsis virescana - Hodges#3689)
Hodges Number
3689
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Clepsis virescana (Clemens, 1865)
Smicrotes virescana Clemens, 1865 (1)
Tortrix (Loxotaenia) sescuplana Zeller, 1875 (2)
Lozotaenia glaucana Walsingham, 1879 (3)
Clepsis virescana salebrosa Razowski, 1979
Explanation of Names
Specific name virescana is Latin meaning "greenish." (4)
Size
Forewing length 6-9 mm. (5)
Identification
Range
Throughout most of North America, including Alaska, absent from the southeastern United States. (6), (7), (8)
Habitat
Up to 10,000'. (5)
Food
Powell (1964) reared larvae on fresh and decaying leaves of Prunus and Rosa.
See Also
Clepsis peritana - male lacks costal fold
Clepsis penetralis - male lacks costal fold
Clepsis fucana
Print References
Clemens, B., 1865. North American micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 5: 140. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
LBAM ID - id key and description.
E.H. Strickland Museum
Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867)
Works Cited
1.North American Micro-Lepidoptera
Clemens, Brackenridge. 1865. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, Volume 5: 139-47.
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.North-American Torticidae
Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.
4.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
5.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
6.A Checklist of the Moths of Alaska.
Ferris, C.D., J.J. Kruse, J.D. Lafontaine, K.W. Philip, B.C. Schmidt & D.S. Sikes. 2012. Zootaxa 3571: 1–25.
7.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
8.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 1 October, 2009 - 2:24pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Randy Hardy, Jason Dombroskie
Last updated 2 January, 2019 - 3:50pm

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