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Species Acleris inana - Inane Acleris - Hodges#3551

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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 Tortricinae
Tribe Tortricini
Genus Acleris
Species inana (Inane Acleris - Hodges#3551)
Hodges Number
3551
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acleris inana (Robinson, 1869)
Teras inana Robinson, 1869 (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin inanis meaning "empty, hollow, inane."
Numbers
There are more than 65 species of the genus Acleris in America north of Mexico. (2)
Range
British Columbia to Nova Scotia; northern United States, south to at least Kentucky in the eastern United States.
Type locality: Massachusetts. (3)
Season
February, August through September. (2)
Food
Ferguson (1975) reported Alnus sp. (4)
Print References
Clarke, J.F. Gates, 1987. The correct identification of Acleris inana (Robinbson) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 89: 175.
Robinson, C.T., 1869. Notes on American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 281. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Coleman Townsend Robinson (1839-1872)
Works Cited
1.Notes on American Tortricidae.
Coleman T. Robinson. 1869. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 261-288.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Gilligan, T. M., J. Baixeras, J. W. Brown & K. R. Tuck. 2014. T@RTS: Online, World Catalogue of the Tortricidae.
4.Host records for Lepidoptera reared in Eastern North America
D. C. Ferguson. 1975. United States Department of Agriculture 1521: 1-45.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 October, 2013 - 11:25am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, dennepj10
Last updated 22 June, 2018 - 1:10pm

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