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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Zeiraphera » Spruce Bud Moth - Hodges#3240 (Zeiraphera canadensis)

Species Zeiraphera canadensis - Spruce Bud Moth - Hodges#3240

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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).
See Also
Zeiraphera canadensis has ochreous interfaciae (3)
Zeiraphera fotunana (Kearfott, 1907) - pale gray or tan interfaciae
Zeiraphera unfortunana Ferris & Kruse, 2008 - white interfaciae
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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