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Species Zeiraphera canadensis - Spruce Bud Moth - Hodges#3240

Zeiraphera canadensis - Spruce bud moth - Hodges#3240 - Zeiraphera canadensis

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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 Zeiraphera

Species canadensis (Spruce Bud Moth - Hodges#3240)

Hodges Number

3240

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Zeiraphera canadensis Mutuura & Freeman, 1966 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #621143

Numbers

There are eight species of the genus Zeiraphera in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Mutuura & Freeman (1966) listed a wingspan of 12-15 mm. (1)

Identification

Mutuura & Freeman (1966) description in PDF. (1)

Range

Mutuura & Freeman (1966) reported the range to include all of Canada and the northern United States. (1)

Food

Mutuura & Freeman (1966) listed two host plants. (1)

Picae glauca (Moench) Voss (white spruce).

Picae stichinsis (Bong.) Carrière (Sitka spruce).

Print References

Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States. Ohio Biological Survey, p. 139.217. (4)

Mutuura, A. & T.N. Freeman, 1966. The North American species of the genus Zeiraphera (Treitschke) Olethreutidae. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 5(3): 154, 159; figs. 3, 4, 28-28f, 38-38b. (1)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, plate 16, fig. 1; p. 137. (5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (6)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

Works Cited

1.	The North American species of the genus Zeiraphera (Treitschke) Olethreutidae A. Mutuura; T. N. Freeman. 1966. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 5(3): 153-176.

2.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

3.	A new species of Zeiraphera Treitschke (Tortricidae). Clifford D. Ferris & James J. Kruse. 2008. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 62(1): 31-35.

4.	Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide Gilligan, Todd M., Donald J. Wright, and Loran D. Gibson. 2008. Ohio Biological Survey, P.O. Box 21370, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0370.

5.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

6.	North American Moth Photographers Group

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 28 July, 2010 - 8:26am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 7 December, 2017 - 12:11pm

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