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Species Clepsis fucana - Hodges#3680

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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 Tortricinae

Tribe Archipini

Genus Clepsis

Species fucana (Clepsis fucana - Hodges#3680 )

Hodges Number

3680

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Clepsis fucana (Walsingham, 1879)

Lozotaenia fucana Walsingham, 1879 (1)

Cacoecia victoriana Busck, 1922 (2)

Clepsis busckana Keifer, 1933

Phylogenetic sequence #620352

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin fucatus meaning "colored, stained," for the comparison to a European species "at first sight it would seem to be allied" yet having "the brown shade or fascia being carried conspicuously quite across the wing." (1)

Size

Forewing length 6.5-10.5 mm. (3)

Identification

Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)

Range

Vancouver Island south along the coast to Monterey, California. (3)

Food

Larval host is mainly California figwort (Scrophularia californica), but also woundwort (Stachys sp.), artichoke (Cynaria cardunculus), and cyclamen (Cyclamen sp.) (Razowski 1979).

Life Cycle

Larva constructs a leaf shelter on the hostplant (Razowski 1979).

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.19.4m, p.152 (3)

Razowski J. 1979. Revision of the Genus Clepsis Guenée (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). Part I. Acta Zoological Cracoviensia 23(8): 101-198

Walsingham, Lord 1879. North-American Tortricidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 4: 12, pl.63, f.2 (1)

Internet References

E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Moth Photographers Group

Lord Walsingham (1843-1919)

Works Cited

1.	North-American Torticidae Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.

2.	Microlepidoptera from British Columbia. August Busck. 1922. The Canadian Entomologist 53(12): 276-280.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 24 March, 2010 - 9:45pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 23 January, 2018 - 8:58pm

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