Species Aphelia alleniana - Wide-striped Leafroller - Hodges#3675

3675

Aphelia alleniana (Fernald, 1882)

Tortrix alleniana Fernald, 1882 (1)

Aphelia alleniana rindgeorum Obraztsov,1959 (1)

Named in honor of Anson Allen (1829-1884), "who has greatly aided me by his extensive collecting and critical observations." (1)

Wingspan 23-25 mm. (1)

Adult - The color of the head, thorax, and forewings is sometimes not reddish to golden yellow, as in the original description, but somewhat olive or grayish. The cross lines and the remaining pattern of the forewings are often also somewhat grayish. Specimens with almost unicolorous forewings are quite common. (2)

Genitalia:

Records across Canada and the Northern Tier states. (3) British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Washington, Oregon, Michigan, New York, Maine. (1)

Type locality: Orono, Maine.

Incredibly polyphagous. Larvae feed on plants in many families, including Araliaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Compositae, Cornaceae, Fagaceae, Labiatae, Leguminosae, Menyanthaceae, Myricaceae, Oleaceae, Pinaceae, Rosaceae, Salicaceae and Umbelliferae. (4)

Fernald, C.H., 1882. Descriptions of new species of Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 68. (1)

Moth Photographers Group

E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum