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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Suleima » Suleima cinerodorsana - Hodges#3217 (Suleima cinerodorsana)

Species Suleima cinerodorsana - Hodges#3217

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Tortricidae: Suleima cinerodorsana? - Suleima cinerodorsana

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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 Suleima

Species cinerodorsana (Suleima cinerodorsana - Hodges#3217)

Hodges Number

3217

Other Common Names

Ashy Suleima (1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Suleima cinerodorsana Heinrich, 1923 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet means "ash-colored dorsum."

Size

Heinrich (1923) listed the wingspan 11.5-16 mm. (2)

Identification

Heinrich (1923) description. (2)

"Palpi, face and head white ; the outer sides of palpi faintly dusted with fuscous. Thorax dark brownish fuscous; tegulae shaded with white. Fore wing dark brownish fuscous with entire dorsal margin and ocelloid patch white and a few short white dashes on costa near apex; along the entire length of dorsal edge of white dorsal strip, a series of small fuscous dots; ocellus with one or two longitudinal black streaks; cilia whitish heavily dusted with blackish fuscous especially above tornus. Hind wing pale smoky fuscous, darker towards outer margin and apex; cilia whitish with dark basal and subterminal bands."

Range

Beadle & Leckie (2012) reported southeastern Canada and northeastern United States. (1)

Described material: Oak Station, PA (F. Marloff, July 26th to Aug., 15th); Pittsburgh, PA (Henry Engel, VII-17-05); Cabin John Bridge, MD (August Busck, Aug.).

Food

HOSTS Database listed several sunflower species including Helianthus decapetalus and H. decapetalus. (3)

Beadle & Leckie (2012) reported sunflower. (1)

Print References

Forbes, W.T.M., 1920. The Lepidopteras of New York and Neighboring States. Cornell University, 437.

Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States. Ohio Biological Survey, p. 130.200. (4)

Heinrich, C., 1923. Heinrich, C., 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 123. p. 159; pl. 44; fig. 294.(2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Tortricidae.com

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Carl Heinrich

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

2.	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.

3.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

4.	Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide Gilligan, Todd M., Donald J. Wright, and Loran D. Gibson. 2008. Ohio Biological Survey, P.O. Box 21370, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0370.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 August, 2014 - 5:33pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 December, 2017 - 7:19pm

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