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

Elmhurst, Queens County, New York - Notocelia cynosbatella Notocelia sp.? - Notocelia cynosbatella  Hodges#3208.1 - Notocelia cynosbatella moth - Notocelia cynosbatella 621106  Notocelia cynosbatella  3208.1 - Notocelia cynosbatella Yellow-faced Bell - Notocelia cynosbatella Yellow-faced Bell - 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)