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Species Cydia nigricana - Pea Moth - Hodges#3467

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moth - Cydia nigricana Moth - Cydia nigricana mating tortricids - Cydia nigricana - male - female tortricid - Cydia nigricana Micromoth 2 - Cydia nigricana Illinois Data Point - Cydia nigricana tortricid - Cydia nigricana Possible - Cydia nigricana
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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 Grapholitini
Genus Cydia
Species nigricana (Pea Moth - Hodges#3467)

Hodges Number

3467

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cydia nigricana (Fabricius, 1794)
Pyralis nigricana Fabricius, 1794

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin nigricans meaning "blackish, swarthy."

Size

Wingspan 12-16 mm. (1)

Range

Widespread in West, Central and South Europe up to Minor Asia; in the southern part of North Europe up to Asia Minor; in USA and Canada. Considered invasive in this country, first detected 1850-1900. (Capinera, John L. North American Vegetable Pests. The Pattern of Invasion. American Entomologist. Spring 2002)

Food

Larvae feed on Pea, Lathyrus, Vicia, Pisum sativum, Lens culinaris, Pinus strobiformis, Lupinus. The species is considered to be a pest. (2)

Print References

Seymour, P.C., 1986. Pyralis nigricana Fabricius, 1794 (Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposed conservation by the suppression of Phalaena rusticella Clerck, 1759. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 43(1): 93.
Fabricius, J.C., 1794. Entomologia systematica emandata et aucta 3(2): 276.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
BOLD Systems
Nature Spot (of Leicestershire and Rutland, England)
Johan Christian Fabricius

Works Cited

1.Wikipedia
2.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
Contributed by v belov on 13 October, 2009 - 6:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 August, 2020 - 4:17pm

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