HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp

Clickable Guide

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

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

Previous events

TaxonomyBrowse

Info

ImagesLinksBooksData

Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Enarmoniini » Hystrichophora » Hystrichophora taleana - Hodges#3395 (Hystrichophora taleana)

Species Hystrichophora taleana - Hodges#3395

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

3395 Indigobush Twig Borer Moth - Hystrichophora taleana

Olethreutinae, subtle herbivory on Lead plant - Hystrichophora taleana

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 Olethreutinae

Tribe Enarmoniini

Genus Hystrichophora

Species taleana (Hystrichophora taleana - Hodges#3395)

Hodges Number

3395

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hystrichophora taleana (Grote, 1878)

Grapholitha taleana Grote, 1878

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin talea meaning "twig, stick."

Size

Wingspan 18 mm (Grote, 1878).

Range

Records from North Dakota and Minnesota, south to Oklahoma. (1)

Type locality: Illinois (Mr. Thos. E. Bean (2), (3)).

Food

Leadplant, False Wild Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) (Terry Harrison)

Life Cycle

Leaf shelter; larva; adult

Remarks

Heinrich did not include this species in his revision of Eucosminae as he found it "impossible to recognize from the description." (4)

Print References

Grote, A.R., 1878. Description of a new Grapholitha. The Canadian Entomologist 10(3): 54.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841-1903)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	A brief history of lepidopterology in Illinois. Roderick R. Irwin. 1972. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science 65: 45-49.

3.	Entomologists of Alberta. P.W. Riegert. 1989. The Entomological Society of Canada.

4.	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.

Contributed by v belov on 23 June, 2011 - 11:44pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 4 July, 2020 - 6:03pm

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 © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Printer Friendly Version