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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Tortricini » Acleris » Acleris oxycoccana - Hodges#3529 (Acleris oxycoccana)

Species Acleris oxycoccana - Hodges#3529

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · 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 Tortricinae
Tribe Tortricini
Genus Acleris
Species oxycoccana (Acleris oxycoccana - Hodges#3529)
Hodges Number
3529
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acleris oxycoccana (Packard, 1869)
Tortrix oxycoccana Packard, 1869
Explanation of Names
The name oxycoccana was proposed by Packard (1869) based on the host plant Vaccinium oxycoccos (cranberry).
Identification
Food
Cranberry (Packard, 1869)
Tortricid.net lists leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata) and sand cherry (Prunus pumila) as host plants.
Print References
Packard, A.S. 1869. Guide to the study of insects, and a treatise on those injurious and beneficial to crops: for the use of colleges, farm-schools, and agriculturists. p.334
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Alpheus Spring Packard Jr. (1839–1905)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 31 March, 2011 - 2:56pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, ceiseman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 3 November, 2024 - 1:17pm

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