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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Grapholitini » Pammene » Pammene perstructana - Hodges#3468 (Pammene perstructana)

Species Pammene perstructana - Hodges#3468

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Tortricidae: Pammene perstructana? - Pammene perstructana

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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 Pammene

Species perstructana (Pammene perstructana - Hodges#3468)

Hodges Number

3468

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pammene perstructana (Walker, 1863)

Sciaphila perstructana Walker 1863 (1)

synonym Pammene signifera (Heinrich, 1926)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin prefix per+structus meaning "according to its structure."

Size

Forewing length 6 mm (Miller, 1985).

Range

Known from Minnesota, North Dakota, Ontario and Quebec (Walker, 1863; Miller, 1990; BugGuide records).

Type locality: St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Dr. Barnston).

Print References

Miller, W.E., 1985. Pammene perstructana (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) indentified after more than a century. The Great Lakes Entomologist 18(4): 145-147 (PDF)

Miller, W.E., 1990. Differences between Nearctic Pammene perstructana and its most similar Palaearctic relatives (Tortricidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 44(4): 288-289.

Walker, F. 1863. Tortricites & Tineites. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 28: 343. (1)

Internet References

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Moth Photographers Group

Francis Walker (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII – Tortricites and Tineites Francis Walker. 1863. British Museum (Natural History), p.287-561.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 September, 2013 - 11:07pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 10 February, 2024 - 10:40am

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