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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Tortricini » Acleris » Small Aspen Leaftier - Hodges#3520  (Acleris fuscana)

Species Acleris fuscana - Small Aspen Leaftier - Hodges#3520

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Acleris fuscana - Hodges #3520 - Acleris fuscana Small Aspen Leaftier Moth - Acleris fuscana Small Aspen Leaftier Moth - Hodges#3520 - Acleris fuscana Small Aspen Leaftier, 3520 - Acleris fuscana Small Aspen Leaftier - Acleris fuscana genitalia - Acleris fuscana - female genitalia - Acleris fuscana - male genitalia - Acleris fuscana - female
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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 fuscana (Small Aspen Leaftier - Hodges#3520 )
Hodges Number
3520
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acleris obtusana (Eversmann, 1844)
Acleris obtusana obtusana (Eversmann, 1844) - extralimital
Acleris obtusana fuscana (Barnes & Busck, 1920)
Peronea fuscana Barnes & Busck, 1920 (1), (2)
Acleris obligatoria of authors not Park & Razowski, 1991
Explanation of Names
Acleris obtusana (Eversmann, 1844) includes as a subspecies Acleris fuscana (Barnes & Busck, 1920) in Kyrki (1982). This treatment was apparently overlooked in the Hodges 1983 Checklist but followed by Razowski (2002). A. obtusana includes as a synonym Acleris obligatoria of authors not Park & Razowski, 1991, a name misapplied to A. fuscana in Pohl et al., 2004.
Numbers
There are more than 65 species of Acleris in America north of Mexico. (3)
Size
Wingspan 16 mm. (1)
Identification
Original description is online as Peronea fuscana Barnes & Busck. (1)
Range
Scattered records across southern Canada and in the northeastern United States.
Possibly found in any area where aspen trees exist?
Type locality: Canada: Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle). (2)
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Season
Appears to have two flights from March to October. (3)
Food
The larval host is Populus tremuloides (aspen). (4)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (3)
Print References
Barnes & Busck, 1920. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4: 216. (1)
Razowski, J., 2002. Tortricinae and Chlidanotinae. Tortricidae of Europe, 1: 1-247. (out of print)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Tortricidae.com
Smithsonian collection
William Barnes (1860-1930)
August Busck (1870-1944)
Works Cited
1.Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America
Barnes, W., & Busck, A. . 1920. The Review Press, Decatur, Ill. 4(3): 211-248.
2.World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)
John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 November, 2012 - 5:53pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Randy Hardy, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 22 May, 2021 - 1:09pm

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