Genus Bactra

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · 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 Bactra

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Bactra Stephens, 1834 (1)

Explanation of Names

Generic epithet is the ancient Greek name of the principal city in Bactriana, now Balkh, Afghanistan. (2)

Numbers

Holarctic. Seven species of Bactra occur in America north of Mexico.

Identification

Adults - Members of the genus Bactra Stephens are relatively narrow winged, mainly tan tortricids that resemble crambids when at rest. (3)

Print References

Stephens, J.F, 1834. Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Haustellata 4: 124. (1)

Internet References

James Francis Stephens (1792-1852)

Works Cited

1.	Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions. James Francis Stephens. 1834. Haustellata 4: 1-433.

2.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

3.	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 Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 January, 2018 - 4:50pm

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