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Species Acleris robinsoniana - Robinson's Acleris - Hodges#3536

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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 Tortricinae
Tribe Tortricini
Genus Acleris
Species robinsoniana (Robinson's Acleris - Hodges#3536)
Hodges Number
3536
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acleris robinsoniana (Forbes, 1923) (1)
Peronea robinsoniana Forbes 1923 (2)
Explanation of Names
Named in honor lepidopterist Coleman Townsend Robinson (1839-1872). In his Notes on American Tortricidae (3) Robinson described scores of new tortricids with a surprisingly high percentage of names surviving to today.
Identification
Range
Spotty records across the United States (less the southwest) and western Canada. (4)
Lectotype male: Hampton, New Hampshire, April 29, 1907 (S.A. Shaw). (5), (1), (6)
Food
Larval hosts include quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) and California wildrose (Rosa californica). (7)
Print References
Forbes, W.T.M., 1923, The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68: 487. (2)
Works Cited
1.Some North American moths of the genus Acleris (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Nicholas S. Obratzsov. 1963. Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 114(3469): 213-270.
2.The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States
William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.
3.Notes on American Tortricidae.
Coleman T. Robinson. 1869. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 261-288.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Gilligan, T. M., J. Baixeras, J. W. Brown & K. R. Tuck. 2014. T@RTS: Online, World Catalogue of the Tortricidae.
6. An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada
Gregory R. Pohl, Gary G. Anweiler, B. Christian Schmidt, Norbert G. Kondla. 2010. ZooKeys 38: 1–549.
7.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
8.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems