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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Chimoptesis » Filigreed Chimoptesis - Hodges#3273 (Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana)

Species Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana - Filigreed Chimoptesis - Hodges#3273

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 Eucosmini
Genus Chimoptesis
Species pennsylvaniana (Filigreed Chimoptesis - Hodges#3273)
Hodges Number
3273
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana (Kearfott, 1907)
Proteoteros pennsylvaniana Kearfott, 1907 * in notes under Proteoteros albicapitana (1)
Griselda pennsylvaniana
Phylogenetic sequence #621181
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the type location. (1)
Size
Forewing length 7.6-8.0 mm. (2)
Wingspan 15.5-17 mm. (3)
Identification
Adult - forewing dark gray to blackish with white tri-lobed strip along inner margin, sometimes tinted with green; black V-shaped mark at anal angle; several small white spots along costa; hindwing gray with dark double terminal line and wide fringe.
Range
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts to Florida, west to Texas and at least Indiana.
Type locality: New Brighton, PA (F.A. Merrick, March 22d)
Food
Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea), Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) - Mass Moths
Print References
Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 47. (1)
Powell, J.A. 1964. A review of Griselda, with descriptions of a related new genus and two species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 40(2): 95 (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Maryland Moths
William D. Kearfott (1864-1917)
Mass Moths
iNaturalist
Works Cited
1.New North American Tortricidae.
William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.
2. A review of Griselda, with descriptions of a related new genus and two species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).
Jerry A. Powell. 1964. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 40(2): 85-97.
3.Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae
Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 10 December, 2006 - 11:55am
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin, Steve Morris
Last updated 7 January, 2024 - 7:29am

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