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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Tortricini » Acleris » Acleris cornana - Hodges#3523 (Acleris cornana)

Species Acleris cornana - Hodges#3523

Representative Images

small tort larva on Red Osier Dogwood - Acleris cornana Tortricinae - Acleris cornana Tortricinae, spent - Acleris cornana
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Tortricini
Genus Acleris
Species cornana (Acleris cornana - Hodges#3523)

Hodges Number

3523

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acleris cornana (McDunnough, 1933)
Peronea cornana McDunnough, 1933

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for the host plant genus (Cornus).

Identification

Genitalia:

Range

Holotype male: Bobcaygeon, Ontario. (1)

Food

BugGuide record on red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea). (2) Also recorded on bunchberry dogwood (C. canadensis)(3), alternateleaf dogwood (C. alternifolia), gray dogwood (C. racemosa) and gray alder (Alnus incana). (4)

Life Cycle

Larva; adult

See Also

Acleris placidana - specimens may require dissection or DNA to confirm ID.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
BOLD Systems
James Halliday McDunnough (1877-1962)

Works Cited

1.Gilligan, T. M., J. Baixeras, J. W. Brown & K. R. Tuck. 2014. T@RTS: Online, World Catalogue of the Tortricidae.
2.small tort larva on Red Osier Dogwood
3.Host records for Lepidoptera reared in Eastern North America
D. C. Ferguson. 1975. United States Department of Agriculture 1521: 1-45.
4.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 30 October, 2009 - 5:11pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Chuck Entz, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 11 October, 2023 - 4:22pm

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