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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Tortricini » Acleris » Acleris macdunnoughi - Hodges#3506 (Acleris macdunnoughi)

Species Acleris macdunnoughi - Hodges#3506

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 Tortricini
Genus Acleris
Species macdunnoughi (Acleris macdunnoughi - Hodges#3506)
Hodges Number
3506
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acleris macdunnoughi Obraztsov, 1963 (1)
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of entomologist James Halliday McDunnough (1877-1962), who "first described and figured the genitalia of this species, and the present author takes pleasure in naming it for the late investigator of the Canadian Acleris species." (1)
Numbers
There are 65 species of the genus Acleris in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)
Size
Obraztsov (1963) listed the forewing length as 8-9 mm. (1)
Identification
The forewing can appear speckled.(4)

Range
Holotype ♀ from Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, 29-IX-1902, no collector listed.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
The adults are most common from April to October. (2)
Food
Larval hosts include: (5), (4)
Rubus (blackberry)
Spiraea latifolia
Print References
Obraztsov, 1963. Some North American moths of the genus Acleris (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 114: 214; plate 1, fig. 1. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Tortricidae.com
University of Alberta E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Nicholas Sergeyevitch Obraztsov (1906-1966)
Works Cited
1.Some North American moths of the genus Acleris (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Nicholas S. Obratzsov. 1963. Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 114(3469): 213-270.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
4.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
5.Host records for Lepidoptera reared in Eastern North America
D. C. Ferguson. 1975. United States Department of Agriculture 1521: 1-45.
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 February, 2013 - 9:13am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Randy Hardy
Last updated 13 October, 2018 - 8:18pm

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