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Species Clepsis listerana - Hodges#3679

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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 Clepsis
Species listerana (Clepsis listerana - Hodges#3679)

Hodges Number

3679

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Clepsis listerana (Kearfott, 1907)
Phalonia listerana Kearfott, 1907 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #620351

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of Alfred Emory Lister (1864-1940) of Scranton, Pennsylvania, mechanical engineer for coal department of the Delaware & Hudson Railway and collector of the first specimens. (1)

Size

Wingspan 11-12 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)

Range

There are records from southern Quebec south to Tennessee and North Carolina. (2), (3), (1)
Type specimens: Nicholson, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, July 4th and 6th (A.E. Lister).

Season

Most records of adults are from July. (2), (3), (1)

Remarks

Very rare in collections.

Print References

Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 80. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
William D. Kearfott (1864-1917)

Works Cited

1.New North American Tortricidae.
William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.
2.3679 Clepsis listerana
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 25 November, 2012 - 9:44pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 23 January, 2018 - 9:18pm

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