Olethreutes arcuella

Olethreutes arcuella
Olethreutes arcuella
Adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Tribe: Olethreutini
Genus: Olethreutes
Species: O. arcuella
Binomial name
Olethreutes arcuella
(Clerck, 1759)
Synonyms

Several, see text

Olethreutes arcuella is a colorful small moth species of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone.

The adults' wingspan is 14-18 mm. The caterpillars feed on dead and dried out leaves and similar plant material.[1]

Synonyms

Junior synonyms of this species are:[2]

  • Olethreutes arcuellus (lapsus)
  • Phalaena arcuana Linnaeus, 1761
  • Phalaena arcuella Clerck, 1759
  • Phalaena lambergiana Scopoli, 1763
  • Tortrix arcuana (Linnaeus, 1761)

Footnotes

  1. ^ Grabe (1942)
  2. ^ Baixeras et al. (2009), and see references in Savela (2005)

References

  • Baixeras, J.; Brown, J.W. & Gilligan, T.M. (2009): Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae – Olethreutes arcuella. Version 1.3.1. Retrieved 2010-APR-19.
  • Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 105-109 [in German]. PDF fulltext
  • Savela, Markku (2005): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Olethreutes arcuellus [sic]. Version of 2005-SEP-16. Retrieved 2010-APR-19.

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