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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 » Archips eleagnana - Hodges#3651 (Archips eleagnana)

Species Archips eleagnana - Hodges#3651

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Archips eleagnana - 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 eleagnana (Archips eleagnana - Hodges#3651)
Hodges Number
3651
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Archips eleagnana (McDunnough, 1923)
Cacoecia eleagnana McDunnough, 1923 (1)
Powell (1983) resurrected A. eleagnana, A. myricana, and A. mortuana from synonymy where Razowski (1977) had placed them under A. argyrospila. (2)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet based on the author's recollection of that the moths are found in association with oleaster (Eleagnus). (1)
Range
Holotype male: Aweme, Manitoba. July 7. (N. Criddle).
Food
Larva feeds on Eleagnus. (3)
Print References
McDunnough, J.H., 1923. New Canadian Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 55(7): 166. (1)
Internet References
E.H. Strickland Museum (3)
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)
James Halliday McDunnough (1877-1962)
Works Cited
1.New Canadian Lepidoptera.
James H. McDunnough. 1923. The Canadian Entomologist 55(7): 163-168.
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
3.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 25 November, 2012 - 8:25pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 16 January, 2018 - 11:34am

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