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Species Choristoneura zapulata - Zapulata Moth - Hodges#3634

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 Archipini
Genus Choristoneura
Species zapulata (Zapulata Moth - Hodges#3634)
Hodges Number
3634
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Choristoneura zapulata (Robinson, 1869)
Tortrix zapulata Robinson, 1869 (1)
Choristoneura symphoricarpana (Kearfott, 1906)
Size
Wingspan 27-29 mm. (1)
Identification
Very difficult to distinguish from Choristoneura rosaceana
Lacks the small triangular costal fold (males) found in C. rosaceana
Range
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Type locality: Illinois.
Season
May to September. (2)
Food
Larval hosts include: (Freeman 1958)
Sweet-fern, Comptonia peregrina
Blueberry, Vaccinium sp.
Snowberry, Symphoricarpos sp.
Clover. Trifolium sp.
Rose, Rosa sp.
Strawberry, Fragraria sp.
Print References
Robinson, C.T., 1869. Notes on American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 264; Pl.1, f.7. (1)
Works Cited
1.Notes on American Tortricidae.
Coleman T. Robinson. 1869. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 261-288.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group