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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 atrodentana - Hodges#2785 (Olethreutes atrodentana)

Species Olethreutes atrodentana - Hodges#2785

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · 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 atrodentana (Olethreutes atrodentana - Hodges#2785)

Hodges Number

2785

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Olethreutes atrodentana (Fernald, 1882)

Eccopsis atrodentana Fernald 1882 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin atrum+dentatus meaning "dark-toothed" for "the central oblique band [with] two teeth on its outside, one on the upper side of the cell, the other on the lower, which are dark brown or black, especially the lower one." (1)

Size

Wingspan 17-19 mm. (2)

Identification

Range

Records from Manitoba south to Oklahoma and eastward. Also California. (3)

Food

Larval hosts are oaks including Quercus alba, Quercus coccinea, Quercus rubra and Quercus macrocarpa. (4)

Print References

Fernald, C.H., 1882. Descriptions of new species of Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 71. (1)

Heinrich, C., 1926. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 132: 141. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

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 Maury J. Heiman on 11 December, 2013 - 1:27am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Randy Hardy
Last updated 25 March, 2019 - 6:48am

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