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The nucleus for the photos of this superfamily has been generously made available by Todd. M. Gilligan whose Totricid.net Database is a wonderful resource for tortricids worldwide. Photographs for a great many more species (western North America and other continents) are available at his website, as are much larger photos of the thumbnails shown here. In addition, there is a great deal of information regarding collecting dates, localities, type specimens and more. Be sure to put the link to this fine resource in your "favorite places."
CAUTION: Difficulty of Identifying Tortricids Based on Photographs
One encounters numerous problems when attempting to identify moths from photographs. Among the generally larger macromoths there are some species groups in which the member species can be identified only by high magnification of external characters or by internal genitalic examination. This problem is magnified (no pun intended) among the micromoths, and the Tortricoidea are no exception. You will find among the photos in this plate series many look-alike species. Identifications based on these photographs alone should be made, if at all, with extreme caution and with proper reservation. It might be more proper to label many photos as "tentatively species X," or with qualifiers such as "possibly species X," or simply "species X ??"
Plate Series for the Tortricoidea
Systematic Arrangement Within the Tortricoidea
The cladogram presented here is based on the arrangement given in Hodges 1983. Alternative arrangements are possible. The rightmost column shows only some of the genera within each tribe or higher category.
Call for Contributions of Photographs
Blanks and/or photos of unspread specimens have been inserted for missing species. These are to be replaced at the first opportunity by photos of typically spread specimens. If you are able to contribute needed photos it will be very much appreciated. If you know of additional species (not listed here) that are attributable to eastern North America, please send that information, with photos, if available, to the Webmaster.
SIZE OF PHOTOGRAPHS: The "window" size for photographs on this series of plates is 180x193 pixels. Thus, photos of fully spread specimens should be about 370 x 200 pixels in size plus a margin of about 1/4 inch or more on all four sides. Photos may be larger but should not be smaller than these dimensions. Final cropping, size reduction and choice of left or right wings to be used will be done by the plate editor.
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