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Species Olethreutes monetiferanum - Hodges#2774

Olethreutinae - Olethreutes monetiferanum

Olethreutes monetiferanum - Hodges#2774 - Olethreutes monetiferanum

Olethreutes monetiferanum #2774 - Olethreutes monetiferanum

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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 Olethreutini

Genus Olethreutes

Species monetiferanum (Olethreutes monetiferanum - Hodges#2774)

Hodges Number

2774

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Olethreutes monetiferanum (Riley, 1881)

Exartema monetiferanum Riley, 1881 (1), (2)

syn. Cymolomia monetiferana Forbes, 1924

Numbers

There are more than 84 Olethreutes species in America north of Mexico. (MPG)

Powell & Opler (2009) states the are about 90 Nearctic species. (3)

Size

Wingspan 16-21 mm. (2)

Range

Pennsylvania to Alabama and Texas. (2)

Holotype collected in Barbour County, Alabama. (4)

Season

Adults are most common from April to June. (5)

Food

Aesculus ﬂava Ait. [A. octandra] Marshall (yellow buckeye). (6)

Print References

Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 59.33. (7)

Heinrich, C. 1926. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 132: 135. (2)

Riley, C.V. 1881. Descriptions of some new Tortricidae (leaf-rollers). Transactions of the St. Louis Academy of Science 4: 317. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

tortricidae.com

Charles Valentine Riley (1843-1895)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of some new Tortricidae (Leaf Rollers). Riley, C.V. 1881. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, 4: 316-324.

2.	Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae Carl Heinrich. 1926. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 132: 1-216.

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

4.	World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	Discovery of a larval host plant for Olethreutes monetiferana (Riley) Tortricidae in Northern Kentucky Loran D. Gibson. 2006. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 61(2): 113.

7.	Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide Gilligan, Todd M., Donald J. Wright, and Loran D. Gibson. 2008. Ohio Biological Survey, P.O. Box 21370, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0370.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 27 May, 2013 - 1:27pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 5 January, 2018 - 9:28am

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