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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Epinotia » Birch Shoot Borer Moth - Hodges#3304 (Epinotia solicitana)

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

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