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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Notocelia » Yellow-faced Bell - Hodges#3208.1 (Notocelia cynosbatella)

Species Notocelia cynosbatella - Yellow-faced Bell - Hodges#3208.1

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

A Tortricid sp. - Notocelia cynosbatella

Notocelia cynosbatella 3208.1 - Notocelia cynosbatella

Elmhurst, Queens County, New York - Notocelia cynosbatella

Doubleday's Notocelia Moth - Notocelia cynosbatella

Yellow-faced Bell - Notocelia cynosbatella

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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 Notocelia

Species cynosbatella (Yellow-faced Bell - Hodges#3208.1)

Hodges Number

3208.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Notocelia cynosbatella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Phalaena (Tinea) cynosbatella Linnaeus, 1758 (1)

Epiblema cynosbatella

Phylogenetic sequence #621106

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin cynosbatos meaning "the dog rose" or other "wild briar." Linnaeus noted the habitat as "in the buds of Rosæ." (1)

Size

Wingspan 16-22 mm.

Range

Introduced. Records from Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and New York City. (2), (3), (4)

Food

Larva is a pest of rose (Rosa) and blackberry (Rubus). (5), (1)

Print References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, 10th ed. (251): 536. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

UK Moths

Carl Linnaeus (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	Systema Naturae, 10th ed. Carolus Linnaeus (Carl Linné). 1758.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Elmhurst, Queens County, New York

4.	Marion County, Oregon

5.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 14 April, 2011 - 4:01pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 18 December, 2017 - 6:51pm

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