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Tortricidae
51a1265 – 3334   Catastega aceriella Clemens, [1862]
             Maple Trumpet Skeletonizer

© John Lee
Description/
Field Marks:
See Jour. Lepid. Soc. 40(4): 329
Genitalia: See Jour. Lepid. Soc. 40(4): fig. 5
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Catastega aceriella Clemens, [1862]
Hedya signatana Clemens, 1864
Grapholitha subnisana Zeller, 1876
Steganoptycha variana Clemens, 1864
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Brown, R.L., 1986. Resurrection of Catastega (Clemens) and revision of the Epinotia vertumnana (Zeller) species-group (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 40(4): 327-346.
  • Clemens, B., 1861 [1862]. Micro-Lepidopterous Larvae. Notes on a few species, the imagos of which are probably undescribed. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 1(4): 87.
  • Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 159.260. (out of print)
  • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
  • Zeller. P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.
Catastega aceriella
© Nolie Schneider
Catastega aceriella
© Nolie Schneider
Catastega aceriella
© Greg Raterman
Catastega aceriella
© Greg Raterman
Catastega aceriella
15mm – © Jim Vargo
Catastega aceriella
15mm – © U. S. National Museum
Catastega aceriella
17mm – © U. S. National Museum
Catastega aceriella
© Canadian National Collection LG

Catastega aceriella
© Canadian National Collection LG

Catastega aceriella
© Jason Dombroskie


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