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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Grapholitini » Cydia » Cypress bark moth - Hodges#3475 (Cydia cupressana)

Species Cydia cupressana - Cypress bark moth - Hodges#3475

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · 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 Grapholitini

Genus Cydia

Species cupressana (Cypress bark moth - Hodges#3475)

Hodges Number

3475

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cydia cupressana Kearfott, 1907 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #621361

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for the larval host plant genus (Cupressus).

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the forewing length as 5.5-8.5 mm. (2)

Identification

Range

California. (3), (4)

Habitat

Coastal areas in association with cypress. (2)

Season

The adults are most common from January to August. (4), (2)

The larvae can be found year round. (2)

Food

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the larvae are feeders of cypress species. (2)

Eiseman & Charney (2010) reported the larvae in the cones and provided a photo of frass on the cone surface. (5) preview page on google books

Print References

Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 54. (1)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, plate 17, fig. 13; p. 143. (2)

Internet References

University of California, Berkeley

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	New North American Tortricidae. William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates Charley Eiseman & Noah Charney. 2010. Stackpole Books.

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 August, 2013 - 9:03am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 November, 2017 - 8:18am

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