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Species Olethreutes albiciliana - Hodges#2832

Moth - Olethreutes albiciliana Moth - Olethreutes albiciliana Tortricid - Olethreutes albiciliana Olethreutes albiciliana (?) - Olethreutes albiciliana olethreutine species - Olethreutes albiciliana Blue spotted moth - Olethreutes albiciliana Olethreutes albiciliana? - Olethreutes albiciliana Olethreutes albiciliana? - Olethreutes albiciliana
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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 albiciliana (Olethreutes albiciliana - Hodges#2832)
Hodges Number
2832
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Olethreutes albiciliana (Fernald, 1882)
Sericoris albiciliana Fernald, 1882 (1)
Argyroploce albiciliana
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "white-fringed" for the "hind wings dark grey with white fringes." The forewing fringe (cilia) is described as "straw-yellow." (1)
Size
Wingspan 12-15 mm. (2)
Range
Records from Ontario; Ohio to southern Quebec and Maine, south to Maryland and West Virginia. (3)
Type locality: Orono, Maine. (1)
Food
willowleaf meadowsweet (Spiraea salicifolia). (4), (2)
white meadowsweet (Spiraea alba). (4)
red alder (Alnus rubra). (4)
touch-me-not (Impatiens). (4)
Remarks
One of several Nearctic Olethreutes s. l. species with iridescent spots on the forewings:

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astrologana                  coruscana                    ferrolineana                 metallica                      nordeggana                 sordidana                     galaxana

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siderana                      concretana                   auricapitana                 nr. auricapitana            albiciliana                    agilana
Print References
Fernald, C.H., 1882. Descriptions of new species of Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 70. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Charles H. Fernald (1838-1921)
Works Cited
1.Descriptions of new species of Tortricidae.
Charles Henry Fernald. 1882. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 65-72.
2.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.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
Contributed by tom murray on 1 November, 2006 - 6:01pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, lee_penner, Blocky
Last updated 28 December, 2022 - 9:34pm

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