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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Clepsis » Clepsis spectrana - Hodges#3681.1 (Clepsis spectrana)

Species Clepsis spectrana - Hodges#3681.1

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

Lépidoptère, famille Tortricidae - Clepsis spectrana - Clepsis spectrana - 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 Archipini

Genus Clepsis

Species spectrana (Clepsis spectrana - Hodges#3681.1)

Hodges Number

3681.1

Other Common Names

Straw-colored Tortrix

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Clepsis spectrana (Treitschke, 1830)

Tortrix spectrana Treitschke, 1830

No North American synonyms.

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "appearance, image, apparition."

Size

Forewing length 8-10.5 mm (Dang, Duncan & Fitzpatrick, 1996).

Larva to 25 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - see Dang, Duncan & Fitzpatrick in Print References.

Larva - see photo at Moth Photographers Group in Internet References.

Range

Introduced. Of Palaearctic origin. Present in British Columbia since at least 1950. There are also records from Vancouver and Quebec and a much wider range in our area likely. (2)

Food

Highly polyphagous. In North America the larvae are known to feed on cultivated raspberry, currant, white spruce and white cedar (Dang, Duncan & Fitzpatrick, 1996). Larger list at TortAI. (1)

See Also

Clepsis fucana - spectrana tends to be more reddish-brown with the medial fascia more boldy defined, especially anteriorly (Dang, Duncan & Fitzpatrick, 1996).

Print References

Dang, P.T., R.W. Duncan & S. Fitzpatrick 1996. Occurrence of two Palaearctic species of Clepsis Guenée, C. spectrana (Treitschke) and C. consimilana (Hubner) (Tortricidae), in British Columbia, Canada. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 50(4): 321-328.

Treitschke, G.F., 1830. Die schmetterlinge von Europa 8: 77.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

TortAI (1)

Georg Friedrich Treitschke (1776-1842)

Works Cited

1.	Tortricids of Agricultural Importance Todd M. Gilligan and Marc E. Epstein.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 25 November, 2012 - 9:49pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 January, 2018 - 3:59pm

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