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Species Cryptaspasma bipenicilla - Hodges#2704.1

Cryptaspasma Moth - Hodges #2704.1 - Cryptaspasma bipenicilla

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Hodges #2704.1- Cryptaspasma bipenicilla - Cryptaspasma bipenicilla

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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 Olethreutinae

Tribe Microcorsini

Genus Cryptaspasma

Species bipenicilla (Cryptaspasma bipenicilla - Hodges#2704.1)

Hodges Number

2704.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cryptaspasma bipenicilla Brown & Brown, 2004

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet means "two hair pencils" (penicillum, coremata) for the "two dense brushes of long scales, one on each side of eighth abdominal segment in the male." (1)

Size

FWL: 6.5-11.5 mm (2)

Identification

Adult: Males are grayish brown with faint black reticulated markings. Females are uniformly darker with less markings. Both males and females have a conspicuous white dot on the distal one-third of the FW. HW are pale grayish brown. (2)

Larva: Larvae has not been described (2)

Food

Has been recorded feeding on seeds of avocado and slugwood (Lauraceae) in Puerto Rico and Cuba. Potential lauraceous hosts in the southeastern U.S. include Persea borbonia (redbay) and Persea palustris (swamp bay). (2)

See Also

Gymnandrosoma punctidiscanum - differentiated by thoracic tuft

Print References

Brown, J.W. & R.L. Brown. 2004. A new species of Cryptaspasma Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Central America, the Caribbean, and southeastern United States, with a catalog of the world fauna of Microcorsini. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 106(2): 288.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Tortricids of Agricultural Importance (2)

Works Cited

1.	Explanation of terms used in entomology John Bernardh Smith. 1906. Brooklyn Entomological Society.

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

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 6 December, 2012 - 6:11pm
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22, Randy Hardy
Last updated 30 December, 2017 - 9:48am

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