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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Olethreutini » Olethreutes » Olethreutes fagigemmeana - Hodges#2809 (Olethreutes fagigemmeana)

Species Olethreutes fagigemmeana - Hodges#2809

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
2809 Olethreutes fagigemmeana - Olethreutes fagigemmeana - female Tortricid? - Olethreutes fagigemmeana Moth - Olethreutes fagigemmeana Olethreutes fagigemmeana - male Olethreutes fagigemmeana Olethreutes fagigemmeana Jeweled beech leafroller - Olethreutes fagigemmeana Jeweled beech leafroller - Olethreutes fagigemmeana
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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 Olethreutini
Genus Olethreutes
Species fagigemmeana (Olethreutes fagigemmeana - Hodges#2809)
Hodges Number
2809
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Olethreutes fagigemmeana (Chambers, 1878)
Exartema fagigemmeana Chambers, 1878
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from a specimen label with the unpublished name Coleotechnites fagigemmeana, from Latin fagus (beech) + gemmea (jewelled).
Numbers
There are more than 84 species of the genus Olethreutes in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Size
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson (2008) listed the forewing length as 7 mm. (3)
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
Holotype ♂, Kentucky, MCZ. (4)
Season
The main adult flight appears to be from May to September. (1)
Food
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson (2008) listed the following larval host plants. (3)
Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. (American beech).
Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch (hophornbeam).
Print References
Chambers, V.T., 1878. Micro-Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist. 10: 74.
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States. Ohio Biological Survey. p. 29.60. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Tortricidae.com
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Vactor Tousey Chambers (1830-1883)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
3.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.
4.World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)
John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 September, 2013 - 10:39am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 13 October, 2023 - 2:47pm

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