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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Olethreutini » Bactra » Bactra lancealana - Hodges#2705 (Bactra lancealana)

Species Bactra lancealana - Hodges#2705

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 lancealana (Bactra lancealana - Hodges#2705)

Hodges Number

2705

Other Common Names

Black-blotched Bactra Moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Bactra lancealana (Hübner, 1796)

Tortrix lancealana Hübner, 1796

Tortrix dibeliana Haworth, 1811

Tortrix expallidana Haworth, 1811

Tortrix egenana Haworth, 1811

Tortrix egestana Haworth, 1811

Tortrix lanceana Frölich, 1828

Bactra nigrovittana Stephens, 1852

Bactra (Aphelia) fumosana Kennel, 1900

Bactra lanceolana

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet lancealana is Latin meaning "small lance." (1)

Size

Wingspan: 11–20 mm (2)

Food

Larvae mainly feed on various rushes, including Juncus and Scirpus. (2)

Remarks

Per Michael Sabourin’s suggestion, the MPG live images have now been removed but can be still be viewed on Archive.org at here. Most, possibly all, are Bactra verutana Zeller, 1875 or Bactra verutana var. albipuncta Henrich 1926. The pinned images by Jim Vargo turned out to be Bactra priapeia. We don’t know what the USNM pinned images are. We not aware of any authentic reports of Bactra lancealana. - Steve Nanz 10/9/2017

We believe that the BOLD records from Canada are valid. MPG now shows authentic images of this species from the Netherlands. - Steve Nanz 1/3/2018

Print References

Hübner, J. 1796. Sammlung europscher Schmetterlinge, [7]. pl.13, f.80

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

BOLD Systems (4)

Wikipedia - brief description (2)

Jacob Hübner (1761-1826)

Works Cited

1.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

2.	Wikipedia

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by v belov on 15 May, 2010 - 11:20am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 January, 2018 - 1:56pm

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