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Species Cydia flexiloqua - Hodges#3465

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · 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 Grapholitini
Genus Cydia
Species flexiloqua (Cydia flexiloqua - Hodges#3465)
Hodges Number
3465
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cydia flexiloqua (Heinrich, 1926)
Laspeyresia flexiloqua Heinrich, 1926 (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet is Latin meaning "equivocal, ambiguous."
Numbers
The genus Cydia includes more than 47 species in America north of Mexico. . (2), (3)
Size
Heinrich (1926) listed a wingspan of 16 mm. (1)
Miller (1987) reported the forewing length as 6.5-7.5 mm. (4)
Identification
Heinrich (1926) described the adult, including genitalia. (1)
Range
Northeastern North America. (3)
Moth Photographers Group includes Alberta. (3)
Miller (1987) collected specimens in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
Holotype ♀ from Calgary, Alberta, Canada; in the Canadian National Collection (CNC). (5)
Season
The adults are most common from June to August. (3)
Miller (1987) collected specimens July 3 to August 29. (4)
Food
Miller (1987) did not mention a host plant. (4)
See Also
Cydia populana is very similar except thorax is black.
Print References
Heinrich, C., 1926. Revision of the North American Moths of the Subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 132: 59; fig. 142. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Carl Heinrich
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Guide to the Olethreutine moths of midland North America (Tortricidae).
William E. Miller. 1987. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook 660: 1-104.
5.World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)
John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 August, 2013 - 11:45am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 9 April, 2023 - 7:35pm

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