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Species Bactra furfurana - Hodges#2706

2706 - Bactra furfurana  - Bactra furfurana micromoth - Bactra furfurana olethreutine leafroller moth - Bactra furfurana Tortricidae: Bactra furfurana - Bactra furfurana Bactra furfurana moth - Bactra furfurana Bactra furfurana #2? - Bactra furfurana Unknown moth - Bactra furfurana
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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 Olethreutini
Genus Bactra
Species furfurana (Bactra furfurana - Hodges#2706)
Hodges Number
2706
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bactra furfurana (Haworth, 1811)
Tortrix furfurana Haworth, 1811
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin furfuris meaning "scaly, scurfy."
Size
Forewing length 7-8 mm. (1)
Wingspan 10-16 mm. (2)
Identification
Range
Atlantic states, Texas and California. (1)
Habitat
Associated with pond vegetation. (1)
Season
Flies in July and August in Alberta.
Food
Larvae are said to feed on the stems of rushes (Juncus). (1)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.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.