Species Choristoneura carnana - Hodges#3645

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

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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 Choristoneura

No Taxon (fumiferana group)

Species carnana (Choristoneura carnana - Hodges#3645)

Hodges Number

3645

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Choristoneura carnana (Barnes & Busck, 1920)

Tortrix carnana Barnes & Busck, 1920 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet perhaps from Latin carne (flesh, meat) for the flesh-colored or reddish brown features of the moth.

Size

Forewing length 11.5-14.5 mm. (2)

Identification

Adult - both sexes with rust crossed by a broad, pale antemedial band blending to white in the tornal area. (2)

Larva - rust-colored. (2)

Range

California. MPG shows a single record in Colorado. (3)

Type locality: Camp Baldy, San Bernardino Mountains, California.

Food

Primary host in southern California is bigcone Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga macrocarpa), in the Sierra Nevada Mountains it's Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). (2)

Print References

Barnes, W., & A. Busck, 1920. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4(3): 214. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

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.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 25 November, 2012 - 9:25pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 January, 2018 - 9:39am

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