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Species Epinotia plumbolineana - Hodges#3346

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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 Epinotia
Species plumbolineana (Epinotia plumbolineana - Hodges#3346 )
Hodges Number
3346
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epinotia plumbolineana Kearfott, 1907 (1)
Epinotia cruciana plumbolineana (2)
Epinotia cruciana russata Heinrich, 1924 (3)
Phylogenetic sequence #621254
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet is Latin meaning "leaden (dull gray) lines" for the "narrow line of dark leaden scales" along the costa of males. (1)
Size
Wingspan 13.5-15.0 mm. (1)
Range
Records from British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest to northern California. (4)
Type locality: Seattle, WA (O.B. Johnson).
Other material: Wellington, British Columbia (Rev. Geo. W. Taylor & Th. Bryant).
Food
Larval host are willows (Salix). (1), (5)
Print References
Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 53. (1)
Works Cited
1.New North American Tortricidae.
William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.
2.Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae
Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.
3.North American Eucosminae, notes and new species (Lepidoptera)
Carl Heinrich. 1924. Journal of The Washington Academy of Sciences 14: 385--393.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database