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Species Pandemis pyrusana - Pandemis Leafroller Moth - Hodges#3596

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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 Tortricinae
Tribe Archipini
Genus Pandemis
Species pyrusana (Pandemis Leafroller Moth - Hodges#3596)
Hodges Number
3596
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pandemis pyrusana Kearfott, 1907 (1)
Pandemis pyrana Meyrick, 1912 (2)
Phylogenetic sequence #620251
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the host genus (Pyrus).
Size
Wingspan 22-26 mm. (1)
Forewing length: males 8.1-12.2 mm, females 9.5-13.6 mm. (3)
Identification
Adult - see original description in Print References.
Range
Alberta west to British Columbia, south to Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and California. (3)
Food
Kearfott (1907) noted "larva on leaves of apple," and named the moth for pear, but likely a generalist of deciduous trees and shrubs. (4), (1)
Print References
Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 70. (1)
Works Cited
1.New North American Tortricidae.
William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.
2.On some impossible specific names in micro-lepidoptera.
Edward Meyrick. 1912. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 48: 32-36.
3.LBAM ID - tools for diagnosing light brown apple moth and related western U.S. leafrollers - Epiphyas postvittana (Walker).
4.University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum