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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Olethreutini » Phiaris » Phiaris glaciana - Hodges#2847 (Phiaris glaciana)

Species Phiaris glaciana - Hodges#2847

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Phiaris glaciana - Hodges #2847 - Phiaris glaciana Hodges #2847 - Phiaris glaciana Argyrotaenia occultana or Olethreutes glaciana? - Phiaris glaciana Possible Olethreutes glaciana - Phiaris glaciana Olethreutes glaciana - Phiaris glaciana Phiaris glaciana Pseudosciaphila duplex? - Phiaris glaciana
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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 Olethreutini
Genus Phiaris
Species glaciana (Phiaris glaciana - Hodges#2847)

Hodges Number

2847

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phiaris glaciana (Möschler, 1860)
Sericoris glaciana Möschler, 1860
Olethreutes glaciana Möschler, 1860
syn.
O. fuscalbana (Zeller, 1875)
O. castorana (McDunnough, 1922)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "frozen."

Size

Forewing length 7-8 mm. (1)

Identification

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD) (2)

Range

Alaska, British Columbia across southern Canada. South through the Rocky Mountains to northern Arizona. In the eastern U.S. to North Carolina.(1), (3)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Habitat

Usually found at higher elevations.

Season

Records of adults are mostly from June to September. (4)

Food

Larvae are leaf rollers of birch (Betula), cottonwood (Populus) and maple (Acer). (1), (3)

Remarks

Transferred from genus Olethreutes by Gilligan et al. (2020).(5)

See Also

Many Olethreutes species are similar.
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States. p. 76.79. (6)
Möschler, H.B., 1860. Beiträge zur Lepidopteren-Fauna von Labrador. Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 4(12): 380.
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler. 2009. Moths of Western North America. p.131, pl.14.27. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
tortricidae.com
Heinrich Benno Möschler (1831-1888)

Works Cited

1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Immigrant Tortricidae: Holarctic versus Introduced Species in North America
Gilligan, T.M., J.W. Brown, J, Baixeras. 2020. Insects, 11(9), 594: 1-59.
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 3 January, 2012 - 6:40pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 14 September, 2020 - 11:17pm

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