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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 melanomesum - Hodges#2811 (Olethreutes melanomesum)

Species Olethreutes melanomesum - Hodges#2811

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · 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 Olethreutini

Genus Olethreutes

Species melanomesum (Olethreutes melanomesum - Hodges#2811)

Hodges Number

2811

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Olethreutes melanomesum (Heinrich, 1923)

Exartema melanomesum Heinrich, 1923 (1)

Size

Heinrich (1923) listed the wingspan 15-17 mm. (1)

Range

Northeastern United States and eastern Canada. (2), (1)

Holotype ♂ collected Sebec Lake, Maine, 16 July 1923, Barnes, USNM. (3)

Season

The main flight period appears to be is May to August. (2), (1)

Food

Ferguson (1975) listed Kalmia angustifolia L. (sheep laurel). (4)

Heinrich (1923) reported the host is unknown. (1)

Print References

Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States. Ohio Biological Survey, p. 70.62. (5)

Heinrich, C., 1923. New Olethreutidae from eastern United States (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 25: 119. (1)

Heinrich, C., 1926. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 132: 153. (6)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Tortricidae.com

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

Works Cited

1.	New Olethreutidae from eastern United States (Lepidoptera) Carl Heinrich. 1923. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 25(5-6): 105-122 .

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.

4.	Host records for Lepidoptera reared in Eastern North America D. C. Ferguson. 1975. United States Department of Agriculture 1521: 1-45.

5.	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.

6.	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.

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 October, 2013 - 8:33am
Last updated 1 February, 2014 - 9:40pm

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