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Species Olethreutes clavana - Hodges#2799

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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 clavana (Olethreutes clavana - Hodges#2799)
Hodges Number
2799
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Olethreutes clavana (Walker, 1863)
Carpocapsa clavana Walker, 1863 (1)
Exartema clavanum
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "club-shaped" for the "pale cinereous discal stripe, which widens much beyond the middle." (1)
Size
Wingspan 15-17 mm. (2)
Identification
Range
Records from Iowa, Indiana and Quebec to Maine, south to Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky and Kansas. (3), (2)
Food
Larval hosts include American elm (Ulmus americana) and hazelnut (Corylus). (4)
Print References
Walker, F. 1863. Tortricites & Tineites. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 28: 395. (1)