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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 clarkei - Hodges#3544 (Acleris clarkei)

Species Acleris clarkei - Hodges#3544

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 clarkei (Acleris clarkei - Hodges#3544)

Hodges Number

3544

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acleris clarkei Obraztsov, 1963 (1)

Explanation of Names

Obraztsov (1963) stated "This new species is named for Dr. J.F. Gates Clarke, of the U.S. National Museum, who directed the attention of the present author to this and some other Acleris species in the collection of the above museum." (1)

Size

Obraztsov (1963) listed the forewing length as 7-8 mm. (1)

Identification

Obraztsov (1963) described the adults including genitalia. (1)

Range

Alberta to Michigan and Nova Scotia. (2), (3)

Holotype, ♂ collected Apr. 9, 1931, Cle Elum, Kittitas County, Washington., J.F. Gates Clarke. (1)

Season

The adults are most common from May to September.

Print References

Obraztsov, 1963. Some North American moths of the genus Acleris (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 114: 251; fig. 5; plate 4, figs. 10, 11. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

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.	An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada Gregory R. Pohl, Gary G. Anweiler, B. Christian Schmidt, Norbert G. Kondla. 2010. ZooKeys 38: 1–549.

3.	Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 August, 2013 - 11:37am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 1:24pm

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