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Species Bactra verutana - Javelin Moth - Hodges#2707

Bactra verutana - Javelin Moth - Bactra verutana

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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

Species verutana (Javelin Moth - Hodges#2707)

Hodges Number

2707

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Bactra verutana, Zeller 1875

Bactra lanceolana var. verutana Zeller, 1875 (1)

Bactra verutana albipuncta Heinrich, 1926 (2)

Bactra verutana chrysea Heinrich, 1926 (2)

Explanation of Names

veruta (L). "javelin."

Size

Wingspan: 11-17 mm. (2)

Identification

The FW are light brown, narrow-pointed at the apex and with a number of darker brown areas. The HW are sooty-brown in color. Similar in appearance to B. furfurana but easily distinguished by the male genitalia as the cucullus bears stout spines. (3)

Genitalia:

Range

e. US, Calif. / W. Indies - Map (MPG)

Habitat

Near marshy areas.

Food

Juncus (U.S. Bureau of Entomology rearing) according to Heinrich (1926). Larva feeds on leaves, fascicles and basal bulbs of Cyperus esculentus, Scirpus and Juncus according to Miller (1987).

Print References

Heinrich, C. 1926. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 132: 84; figs. 46, 47, 49, 171, 346, 347, 348. (2)

Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 247. (1)

Internet References

E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum (3)

Moth Photographers Group (4)

BOLD Systems (5)

Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808-1883)

Works Cited

1.	Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren, vol. 3. Phillip Christoph Zeller. 1875. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.

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.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 25 February, 2007 - 9:26am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich, Chuck Sexton, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 24 September, 2024 - 11:22am

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