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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Zeiraphera » Buckeye Petiole Borer - Hodges#3238 (Zeiraphera claypoleana)

Species Zeiraphera claypoleana - Buckeye Petiole Borer - Hodges#3238

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

Buckeye petiole borer - Zeiraphera claypoleana

Eucosma ochrocephala - Zeiraphera claypoleana

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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 Eucosmini

Genus Zeiraphera

Species claypoleana (Buckeye Petiole Borer - Hodges#3238)

Hodges Number

3238

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Zeiraphera claypoleana (Riley, 1882)

Proteotera claypoleana Riley, 1882

Sericoris instrutana Claypole, 1881

Steganoptycha claypoleana

Epinotia claypoleana

Enarmonia claypoleana

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet in honor of British American geologist and paleobotanist Edward Waller Claypole (1835-1901) for his work on buckeye-feeding lepidoptera that ultimately lead to the discovery of this species.

Size

Wingspan 14-16 mm. (1)

Range

Ohio, Missouri, Texas. (1) MPG records show a wider range south into Florida. (2)

Food

Larval hosts are Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra) and clover (Trifolium). (3), (4)

Print References

Riley, C.V., 1882. General notes. Entomology. The American Naturalist 16: 913.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – images of pinned adults

BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens

Charles Valentine Riley (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	The North American species of the genus Zeiraphera (Treitschke) Olethreutidae A. Mutuura; T. N. Freeman. 1966. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 5(3): 153-176.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

4.	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 Robert Lord Zimlich on 30 July, 2013 - 7:48am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 December, 2017 - 7:50pm

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