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Species Olethreutes tilianum - Basswood Olethreutes - Hodges#2795

Basswood Olethreutes - Olethreutes tilianum

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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 Olethreutes

Species tilianum (Basswood Olethreutes - Hodges#2795)

Hodges Number

2795

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Olethreutes tiliana (Heinrich, 1923)

Exartema tilianum Heinrich, 1923 (1), (2)

Cymolomia tliana

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from the host plant genus (Tilia).

Size

Wingspan 18-20 mm. (1), (3)

Identification

Miller (1987) has forewing and genitalia illustrated. (4)

Range

Records from Illinois, Quebec and New Brunswick, south to Tennessee. Also Florida and Oklahoma. (5)

Holotype male: Greenwood Lake, NJ (Kearfott, July 3, 1909). (1)

Food

Larval host is American basswood (Tilia americana). (6), (1)

Life Cycle

Larva; adult

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1923. New Olethreutidae from eastern United States (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 25(5-6): 113. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Tortricidae.com - photograph of pinned male

Database of Illinois Lepidoptera - presence in Illinois

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

Carl Heinrich (1880-1955)

Works Cited

1.	New Olethreutidae from eastern United States (Lepidoptera) Carl Heinrich. 1923. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 25(5-6): 105-122 .

2.	World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.

3.	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.

4.	Guide to the Olethreutine moths of midland North America (Tortricidae). William E. Miller. 1987. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook 660: 1-104.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Cotinis on 11 January, 2006 - 8:42pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 25 November, 2021 - 7:23am

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