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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Olethreutini » Olethreutes » Olethreutes footiana - Hodges#2784 (Olethreutes footiana)

Species Olethreutes footiana - Hodges#2784

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · 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 Olethreutinae
Tribe Olethreutini
Genus Olethreutes
Species footiana (Olethreutes footiana - Hodges#2784)
Hodges Number
2784
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Olethreutes footiana (Fernald, 1882)
Eccopis footiana Fernald, 1882
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet is an unpublished manuscript name of C.T. Robinson.
Size
Wingspan 20-22 mm (Fernald, 1882).
Range
Records from Indiana, Ontario, Vermont and Maine, south to Maryland and Kentucky. (1)
Food
Larval hosts are American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana) and oak (Quercus). (2)
Print References
Fernald, C.H., 1882. A new tortricid. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 4: 53.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Charles H. Fernald (1838-1921)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
Contributed by tom murray on 20 July, 2013 - 9:09pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 3 January, 2018 - 9:02pm

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