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Species Epinotia solicitana - Birch Shoot Borer Moth - Hodges#3304

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2401 Epinotia solicitana - Birch Shoot Borer 3304 - Epinotia solicitana Epinotia solicitana - Hodges #3304 - Epinotia solicitana
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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 Epinotia
Species solicitana (Birch Shoot Borer Moth - Hodges#3304)

Hodges Number

3304

Other Common Names

Birch Shootworm Moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Epinotia solicitana (Walker, 1863)
Grapholita solicitana Walker, 1863 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #621216

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin solicitus meaning "restless."

Size

Wingspan 13-14 mm. (2)

Identification

Range

Across northern North America. (3)

Food

Larval hosts include: (4)
Pacific madrobe (Arbutus menziesii)
dwarf birch (Betula nana)
paper birch (Betula papyrifera)
gray birch (Betula populifolia)
quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana)
willow (Salix )

Print References

Walker, F. 1863. Crambites & Tortricites. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 27: 387. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
Encyclopedia of Life
BOLD
Francis Walker (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVII - Crambites & Tortricites.
Francis Walker. 1863. British Museum (Natural History), p.1-286.
2.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.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 18 November, 2011 - 8:48am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Randy Hardy
Last updated 7 January, 2019 - 7:36pm

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