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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Gypsonoma » Cottonwood Twig Borer - Hodges#3226 (Gypsonoma haimbachiana)

Species Gypsonoma haimbachiana - Cottonwood Twig Borer - Hodges#3226

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

Gypsonoma haimbachiana Hodges#3226 - Gypsonoma haimbachiana

Cottonwood Twig Borer Moth - Gypsonoma haimbachiana

Tube lep, cottonwood - Gypsonoma haimbachiana

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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 Gypsonoma

Species haimbachiana (Cottonwood Twig Borer - Hodges#3226)

Hodges Number

3226

Other Common Names

Perce-rameau du peuplier (French)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gypsonoma haimbachiana (Kearfott, 1907)

Epinotia haimbachiana Kearfott, 1907 (1)

Gypsonoma haimbachiana

Phylogenetic sequence #621127

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of Frank Haimbach who collected the first specimens in Cincinnati, Ohio. (1) Haimbachia Dyar, 1909 and Zelleria haimbachi Busck, 1915 are also named for him.

Size

Wingspan 13-17 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - see original description on Print References.

Range

Eastern half of the United States and adjacent Canada. (2)

Food

The larvae bore into the buds and young shoots of cottonwoods, such as Populus balsamifera and P. deltoides, as well as some poplars (which are in the same genus).

Remarks

The larvae are among the most destructive pests of cottonwoods in our area.

Print References

Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 51. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

William D. Kearfott (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	New North American Tortricidae. William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 20 June, 2010 - 4:19pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 November, 2020 - 3:53pm

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