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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Archips » Oak Webworm - Hodges#3655 (Archips fervidana)

Species Archips fervidana - Oak Webworm - Hodges#3655

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

Tortricidae: Archips fervidana - Archips fervidana

Oak Webworm - Hodges#3655 - Archips fervidana

3655 Oak Webworm (Archips fervidana) - Archips fervidana - male

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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 Archipini

Genus Archips

Species fervidana (Oak Webworm - Hodges#3655)

Hodges Number

3655

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Archips fervidana (Clemens, 1860)

Lozotaenia fervidana Clemens, 1860 (1)

Tortrix palludana Beutenmuller, 1892

Tortrix paludana Robinson, 1869

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin fervida meaning "glowing."

Size

Adult wingspan is 18-25mm(2)

Full grown larvae are 20mm(2)

Food

Larvae feed on a variety of oaks as well as quaking aspen and chokecherry. (3)

Life Cycle

Overwinter as eggs.(2)

Larvae appear in midsummer and pupation occurs within the nest.(2)

Print References

Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 347. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867)

Works Cited

1.	Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Brackenridge Clemens. 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 345-362.

2.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

3.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 29 September, 2012 - 5:53pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Marci Hess
Last updated 30 August, 2023 - 2:47pm

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