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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Gretchena » Gretchena concitatricana - Hodges#3268 (Gretchena concitatricana)

Species Gretchena concitatricana - Hodges#3268

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · 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 Gretchena

Species concitatricana (Gretchena concitatricana - Hodges#3268)

Hodges Number

3268

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gretchena concitatricana (Heinrich, 1923) (1)

Gwendolina concitatricana Heinrich, 1923 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence #621177

Size

Wingspan 14-17 mm. (2)

Range

Records from Maine to South Carolina, west to Illinois and Texas, also Arizona. (3)

Type locality: Kerrville, Texas. (2)

Food

Larval hosts include English walnut (Juglans regia). (4)

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. United States National Museum Bulletin, 123: 189. (2)

Internet References

Images at MPG

Carl Heinrich (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	Notes on Gretchena: a new species and the synonymy of Gwendolina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Richard L. Brown. 1982. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 84(3): 594-602.

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 Moth Photographers Group

4.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 7 March, 2011 - 4:48am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 29 November, 2017 - 10:01pm

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