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

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Pseudexentera spoliana (Clemens, 1864)

Hedya spoliana Clemens, 1864 (1)

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "bare, unclothed."

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

WS ≈ 19mm. (3)

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

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

One generation per year. (2)

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.

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

Moth Photographers Group – species page (5)

BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (6)

Wikipedia - brief description (3)