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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:
  • aceriella Clemens [1862] (Catastega) - MONA 1983: 3334
  • signatana Clemens 1864 (Hedya)
  • subnisana Zeller 1876 (Grapholitha)
  • variana Clemens 1864 (Steganoptycha)
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • 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. (PDF)
    • 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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