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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Proteoteras » Proteoteras obnigrana - Hodges#3237 (Proteoteras obnigrana)

Species Proteoteras obnigrana - Hodges#3237

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

Proteoteras obnigrana - Hodges #3237 - Proteoteras obnigrana

Tortricidae: Proteoteras obnigrana - Proteoteras obnigrana

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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 Proteoteras

Species obnigrana (Proteoteras obnigrana - Hodges#3237)

Hodges Number

3237

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Proteoteras obnigrana Heinrich, 1923 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #621140

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "blackish."

Size

Wingspan 16 mm. (1)

Mature larva to 14 mm. (2)

Range

Records from Alaska, British Columbia to Quebec, south to Tennessee. California. Texas. (3), (2)

Type locality: Dublin, New Hampshire (August Busck). (1)

Food

The larva bores in terminal twigs of maple (Acer). (2)

Life Cycle

See Powell (1962) in Print References. (2)

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. United States National Museum Bulletin, 123: 169. (1)

Powell, J.A., 1962. Biological and taxonomic notes on two California species of Proteoteras. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 38(4): 194. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD Systems

Carl Heinrich

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Biological and taxonomic notes on two California species of Proteoteras (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Jerry A. Powell. 1962. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 38(4): 191-195.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 28 July, 2011 - 3:57pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 December, 2017 - 1:01pm

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