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Species Epinotia celtisana - Hodges#3291

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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 Eucosmini
Genus Epinotia
Species celtisana (Epinotia celtisana - Hodges#3291)
Hodges Number
3291
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epinotia celtisana (Riley, 1881)
Paedisca celtisana Riley, 1881 (1)
Proteopteryx laracana Kearfott, 1907 (2)
Paedisca laracana (Kearfott, 1907)
Epinotia laracana (Kearfott, 1907) (3), (213)
Proteopteryx navalis Meyrick, 1912 (4)
Phylogenetic sequence #621201
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the host plant genus, Celtis. (1)
Size
Wingspan 13.0-15.5 mm. (5), (1)
Forewing length 6.1-7.2 mm. (3)
Identification
Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)
Range
Southern Ontario to eastern Pennsylvania, west to Wisconsin, south to Mississippi and east Texas. (3)
Type locality: Cincinnati, Ohio.
Holotype ♂ : Dallas, Texas (Boll).
Season
Adults fly April-May in the north, February-March in the south. (3)
Food
Larval host is hackberry (Celtis). (1)
See Also
Epinotia vertumnana (Zeller, 1875)
Epinotia sotipena Brown, [1987]
Print References
Brown, R.L., 1987. Correction of name in the Epinotia vertunmam Zeller species-group (Tortricidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 41(4): 213.
Riley, C.V., 1881. Descriptions of some new Tortricidae (Leaf Rollers). Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 319. (1)
Works Cited
1.Descriptions of some new Tortricidae (Leaf Rollers).
Riley, C.V. 1881. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, 4: 316-324.
2.New North American Tortricidae.
William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.
3.Resurrection of Catastega (Clemens) and revision of the Epinotia vertumnana (Zeller) species-group (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae)
Richard L. Brown. 1986. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 40(4): 327-346.
4.On some impossible specific names in micro-lepidoptera.
Edward Meyrick. 1912. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 48: 32-36.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group