HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp

Clickable Guide

Calendar

Upcoming Events

See Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Photos of insects and people from the 2015 gathering in Wisconsin, July 10-12

Previous events

TaxonomyBrowse

Info

ImagesLinksBooksData

Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Tortricini » Acleris » Acleris ptychogrammos - Hodges#3509 (Acleris ptychogrammos)

Species Acleris ptychogrammos - Hodges#3509

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Acleris ptychogrammos - Hodges#3509 (Acleris ptychogrammos) - Acleris ptychogrammos

Bell-shaped brown moth - Acleris ptychogrammos

Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Tortricini

Genus Acleris

Species ptychogrammos (Acleris ptychogrammos - Hodges#3509)

Hodges Number

3509

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acleris ptychogrammos (Zeller, 1875) (1)

Teras hastiana var. ptychogrammos Zeller, 1875 (2)

Peronea ptychogrammos

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Greek πτίξ γράμμα meaning "fold mark," for the "longitudinal line in the costal fold." (2)

Range

Records from the eastern half of the United States. (3)

Type locality: Texas (Boll). (2)

Food

One specimen labeled "redosier dogwood" (Cornus sericea). (1)

Print References

Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 213. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD Systems

Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808-1883)

Works Cited

1.	Some North American moths of the genus Acleris (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Nicholas S. Obratzsov. 1963. Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 114(3469): 213-270.

2.	Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren, vol. 3. Phillip Christoph Zeller. 1875. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 31 March, 2011 - 2:52pm
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 February, 2018 - 3:45pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2023 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Printer Friendly Version