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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Olethreutini » Bactra

Genus Bactra

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Bactra verutana Pennsylvania Moth - Bactra Bactra - Bactra furfurana Bactra - Bactra furfurana Javelin Moth - Bactra verutana Bactra furfurana - Hodges#2706 - Bactra furfurana Eucosma or Pelochrista? - Bactra furfurana Bactra sp. - Bactra - male
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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 Bactra
Explanation of Names
Bactra Stephens 1834
Numbers
7 spp. in our area
Identification
Adults relatively narrow-winged, mainly tan tortricids that resemble crambids at rest(1)
Range
Holarctic
Works Cited
1.Three Additional Bactra In California, One Native But Overlooked, One Probably Introduced, One New Species (Tortricidae)
Jerry A. Powell . 1997. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 51(2), 128-134 .
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 25 February, 2007 - 9:25am
Additional contributions by v belov, Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 August, 2023 - 7:17pm

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