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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Grapholitini » Dichrorampha » Dichrorampha bittana - Hodges#3406 (Dichrorampha bittana)

Species Dichrorampha bittana - Hodges#3406

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

Brown Moth on Yarrow (Phaneta?) - Dichrorampha bittana

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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 Dichrorampha

Species bittana (Dichrorampha bittana - Hodges#3406)

Hodges Number

3406

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dichrorampha bittana (Busck, 1906) (1)

Hemimene bittana Busck, 1906 (2)

Explanation of Names

"Named in honor of 'Bitten.'" No additional information given. (2)

Size

Wingspan 14-15 mm. (1)

Identification

Range

Records from Illinois to Maine, south to Ohio and southern Illinois. (3)

Types: Pittsburg, PA (Henry Engel, V-29-65); Cincinnati, OH (A.F. Braun, VI-24-04).

Food

Larval hosts include hoary tansyaster (Machaeranthera canescens) and Aster. (4)

Print References

Busck, A., 1906. Notes on some tortricid genera with descriptions of new American species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 19: 179. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

August Busck

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.	Notes on Some Tortricid Genera with Descriptions of New American Species August Busck. 1906. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Volume 19, p. 179.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 16 October, 2009 - 8:41pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Randy Hardy
Last updated 5 July, 2018 - 7:53am

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