Clepsis virescana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Clepsis |
Species: | C. virescana |
Binomial name | |
Clepsis virescana | |
Synonyms | |
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Clepsis virescana, the light brown apple moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it is widespread in southern Canada and most of the United States. The habitat consists of shrubby open areas and aspen parkland. [2]
The length of the forewings is 6.4–9.1 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to September. [3]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on both fresh and decaying leaves of Prunus and Rosa species. [4]
Clepsis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae. It includes several notable pest species.
Clepsis melaleucana, the black-patched clepsis, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in North America from Alberta to Newfoundland, south to North Carolina and Missouri.
Clepsis dumicolana is a moth species of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and the Near East.
Clepsis aerosana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Xinjiang), Mongolia and Russia.
Clepsis danilevskyi is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Russia and Alaska.
Clepsis illustrana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Sweden, Finland and the Near East. It has also been recorded from Canada.
Clepsis laetitiae is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Spain.
Clepsis moeschleriana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Maximilian Ferdinand Wocke in 1862. It is found in Kyrgyzstan, Russia and North America, where it has been recorded from Alaska to Newfoundland, south in the mountains to New Hampshire, Colorado and Utah. The habitat consists of alpine and subalpine areas.
Clepsis praeclarana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Russia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia.
Clepsis rogana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Finland, Estonia and the Near East.
Clepsis rolandriana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Germany, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary and Russia.
Clepsis siciliana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North Africa, France, Spain, Portugal and on Sicily.
Clepsis steineriana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Greece and Russia.
Clepsis clemensiana, Clemens' clepsis moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Canada, the north-eastern and north-western United States, as well as from northern Utah to northern California.
Clepsis flavidana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Manitoba, Maryland, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Clepsis listerana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Quebec south to Tennessee and North Carolina.
Clepsis persicana, the white triangle tortrix or the green needleworm, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alaska and British Columbia to Newfoundland and south to Virginia and west to California. The habitat consists of coniferous and mixed coniferous forests.
Clepsis poliochra is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Kenya.
Clepsis octogona is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Uganda.
Clepsis trileucana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico and West Virginia. Two specimens of this species were recorded from Cornwall in the 1830s, but the species has not been recorded in Great Britain since.