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Species Notocelia illotana - Hodges#3210

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Notocelia illotana - Hodges #3210 - Notocelia illotana

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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 illotana (Notocelia illotana - Hodges#3210)

Hodges Number

3210

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Notocelia illotana (Walsingham, 1879)

Paedisca illotana Walsingham, 1879 (1), (2)

Phylogenetic sequence #621108

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "dirty, unwashed."

Numbers

Five species of Notocelia found in America north of Mexico

Several known but undescribed species may exist

Size

Wingspan 16-18 mm. (1)

Identification

Male genitalia: see Heinrich (1923: fig.281)(3).

Range

Canada: ON, MB; USA: PA, IL, OH. (3)

Type locality: Rouge River, OR.

Season

The records of adults are mostly from May to July. (4)

Print References

Beadle, D., & S. Leckie 2012. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. pp. 116-117. (5)

Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States. p. 128.197.(6)

Walsingham, Lord. 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens Lepidopters: Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 4: 39. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Lord Walsingham (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	North-American Torticidae Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.

2.	World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.

3.	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.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

6.	Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide Gilligan, Todd M., Donald J. Wright, and Loran D. Gibson. 2008. Ohio Biological Survey, P.O. Box 21370, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0370.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 27 July, 2011 - 8:43am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 11 June, 2022 - 4:17am

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