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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Retinia » Retinia burkeana - Hodges#2900 (Retinia burkeana)

Species Retinia burkeana - Hodges#2900

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · 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 Eucosmini
Genus Retinia
Species burkeana (Retinia burkeana - Hodges#2900)
Hodges Number
2900
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Retinia burkeana (Kearfott, 1907)
Evetria burkeana Kearfott, 1907 (1)
Petrova burkeana
Phylogenetic sequence #620730
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet in honor of Dr. Harry E. Burke (1878-1963) of the Bureau of Forestry who reared the specimens.
Size
Wingspan 26-28 mm. (1), (2)
Food
Larval hosts are Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce) and Picea engelmannii (Engelmann spruce). (1), (2)
Types: Hoquiam, WA (Mr. Burke, from larvae on Picea sitchensis).
Print References
Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 4. (1)
Internet References
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Tortricidae.com
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
William D. Kearfott
Works Cited
1.New North American Tortricidae.
William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.
2.Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae
Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 18 August, 2013 - 11:53pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 December, 2017 - 2:20pm

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