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Species Olethreutes tilianum - Basswood Olethreutes - Hodges#2795

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Basswood Olethreutes - Olethreutes tilianum Basswood Olethreutes - Olethreutes tilianum Basswood Olethreutes - Olethreutes tilianum Basswood Olethreutes - Olethreutes tilianum 2795 Basswood Olethreutes - Olethreutes tilianum 2795 Basswood Olethreutes - Olethreutes tilianum Basswood Olethreutes - Olethreutes tilianum Olethreutes lacunanum - 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
See Also
Olethreutes lacunana
Olethreutes permundana
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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