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Species Pseudexentera spoliana - Bare-patched Oak Leafroller - Hodges#3251

Another unidentified Olethreutine - Pseudexentera spoliana

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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 Eucosmini

Genus Pseudexentera

Species spoliana (Bare-patched Oak Leafroller - Hodges#3251)

Hodges Number

3251

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pseudexentera spoliana (Clemens, 1864)

Hedya spoliana Clemens, 1864 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "bare, unclothed."

Size

FWL: 7.0-9.5mm (males), 6.5-9.0mm (females). (2)

WS ≈ 19mm. (3)

Range

United States and Southern Canada east of Rocky Mountains. (3)

Food

Larval hosts include oak (Quercus), chestnut (Castanea), maple (Acer) and buckeye (Aesculus). (3), (4)

Life Cycle

One generation per year. (2)

Remarks

All identifications in Pseudexentera based on photo should be considered tentative.

Mark Dreiling's photo #341803, BOLD MDOK-1109, was formerly posted at MPG as Pseudexentera spoliana following the determination at BOLD. All specimens from north of Mexico in BOLD:AAA3121 form a branch representing hodsoni. The spoliana identifications in this BIN appear to have been based on two USNM specimens, DNA-ATBI-6281 and DNA-ATBI-6282, which somehow were mislabeled at BOLD but have since been confirmed as hodsoni. True spoliana is gray with the entire basal area shaded. It does not typically have the distinct dark wedge shaped subbasal fascia on the dorsum of hodsoni.

Print References

Clemens, B., 1864. North American micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3: 513. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – species page (5)

BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (6)

Wikipedia - brief description (3)

Brackenridge Clemens (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	North American micro-lepidoptera. Brackenridge Clemens. 1864. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3(3): 505-520.

2.	The Species of Pseudexentera (Tortricidae) William E. Miller. 1986. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 40(3), 218-237.

3.	Wikipedia

4.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by John F. Carr on 9 October, 2009 - 7:22am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 19 May, 2022 - 4:48am

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