''Cnephasia'' is a
genus of
tortrix moths (
family Tortricidae). It belongs to the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Tortricinae
The Tortricinae are the nominate subfamily of tortrix moths. Commonly referred to as leafrollers, as the larvae build shelters by folding or rolling leaves of the food plant, the tortricinae include several notable pests as well species used as ...
and therein to the
tribe Cnephasiini
The Cnephasiini are a tribe of tortrix moths.
Genera
:'' Amphicoecia''
:'' Archicnephasia''
:''Arotrophora''
:'' Astrosa''
:'' Cnephasia''
:'' Decodes''
:'' Decodina''
:'' Doloploca''
:'' Drachmobola''
:''Eana''
:'' Epicnephasia''
:''Exapate''
...
, of which it is the
type genus.
Taxonomy and systematics
The
type species around which ''Cnephasia'' was established by
J. Curtis in 1826 (in the explanations to
plate 100 of his ''
British Entomology
''British Entomology'' is a classic work of entomology by John Curtis, FLS. It is subtitled ''Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: Containing Coloured Figures from Nature of the Most ...
'') was claimed to be "''
Tortrix logiana''". However, this was a misidentification; the name of ''T. logiana'' (described by
C.A. Clerck in 1759 and nowadays called ''
Acleris logiana
''Acleris logiana'', the black-headed birch leaffolder moth or grey birch button, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Portugal, most of the Ba ...
'') was until the early 20th century frequently applied to related species in error.
Curtis simply repeated the mistake of
A.H. Haworth, who had in his 1811 volume of ''Lepidoptera Britannica'' discussed a ''Cnephasia'' under Clerck's name, but the original misidentification may well go back to
Linnaeus' treatment of "''T. logiana''" in ''
Systema naturae
' (originally in Latin written ' with the ligature æ) is one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy. Although the system, now known as binomial nomen ...
''. Eventually, this was resolved, and the type species of ''Cnephasia'' was determined to be the tortrix moth described as ''
Olethreutes pasiuana'' by
J. Hübner in 1822.
Species
The currently recognized
species of ''Cnephasia'' are:
[Baixeras ''et al.'' (2009b)]
* ''
Cnephasia abrasana
''Cnephasia abrasana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, where it has been recorded from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Austria, Italy and Li ...
''
(Duponchel in Godart, 1842)
* ''
Cnephasia albatana
''Cnephasia albatana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Algeria.
References
Moths described in 1915
albatana
Albatana is a municipality in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
, image_flag ...
''
Chrétien, 1915
* ''
Cnephasia alfacarana
''Cnephasia alfacarana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Portugal and Spain.
The wingspan is 17–21 mm.
References
Moths described in 1958
alfacarana
{{Tortricinae-stub ...
''
Razowski, 1958
* ''
Cnephasia alticola
''Cnephasia alticola'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Russian Far East (Primorsky Krai).
References
Moths described in 1966
alticola
''Alticola'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
...
''
Kuznetzov, 1966
* ''
Cnephasia alticolana
''Cnephasia alticolana'' is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Siberia and most of Europe (with the exception of Great Britain, Ireland, the Benelux, Norway and extreme south-eastern Europe).
The wingspan is 16–22 ...
''
* ''
Cnephasia amseli''
(Lucas, 1942)
* ''
Cnephasia asiatica''
Kuznetzov, 1956
* ''
Cnephasia asseclana'' – flax tortrix
* ''
Cnephasia bizensis''
Réal, 1953
* ''
Cnephasia chrysantheana''
(Duponchel in Godart, 1842)
* ''
Cnephasia communana''
* ''
Cnephasia conspersana
''Cnephasia conspersana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and North Africa. The habitat consists of coastal chalk downlands and heathlands.
The wings ...
''
Douglas, 1846
* ''
Cnephasia constantinana''
Razowski, 1958
* ''
Cnephasia cupressivorana''
(Staudinger, 1871)
* ''
Sciaphila debiliana''
Walker, 1863
* ''
Cnephasia delnoyana''
Groenen & Schreurs, 2012
* ''
Cnephasia disforma
''Cnephasia disforma'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on Crete.
The wingspan is about 14 mm for males and 15 mm for females. The forewings are grey, strigulated with brown-grey. The hindwings are brown ...
''
Razowski, 1983
* ''
Cnephasia disparana''
Kuznetzov in Danilevsky, Kuznetsov & Falkovitsh, 1962
* ''
Cnephasia divisana''
Razowski, 1959
* ''
Cnephasia ecullyana''
Réal, 1951
* ''
Cnephasia etnana''
Razowski & Trematerra, 1999
* ''
Cnephasia facetana''
Kennel, 1901
* ''
Cnephasia fiorii''
Razowski, 1958
* ''
Cnephasia fragosana''
(Zeller, 1847)
* ''
Cnephasia fulturata''
Rebel, 1940
* ''
Cnephasia genitalana''
Pierce & Metcalfe, 1915
* ''
Cnephasia graecana''
Rebel, 1902
* ''
Cnephasia grandis''
(Osthelder, 1938)
* ''
Cnephasia gueneeana''
(Duponchel in Godart, 1836)
* ''
Cnephasia heinemanni''
Obraztsov, 1957
* ''
Cnephasia hellenica
''Cnephasia hellenica'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Ukraine and the Near East.
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are brownish grey with ...
''
Obraztsov, 1956
* ''
Cnephasia heringi''
Razowski, 1958
* ''
Cnephasia hunzorum''
Diakonoff, 1971
* ''
Cnephasia incertana'' – light grey tortrix
* ''
Cnephasia jozefi''
Razowski, 1961
* ''
Cnephasia kasyi''
Razowski, 1971
* ''
Cnephasia kenneli
''Cnephasia'' is a genus of tortrix moths ( family Tortricidae). It belongs to the subfamily Tortricinae and therein to the tribe Cnephasiini, of which it is the type genus.
Taxonomy and systematics
The type species around which ''Cnephasia ...
''
Obraztsov, 1956
* ''
Cnephasia klimeschi''
Razowski, 1958
* ''
Cnephasia korvaci''
Razowski, 1965
* ''
Cnephasia laetana''
(Staudinger, 1871)
* ''
Cnephasia lineata''
(Walsingham, 1900)
* ''
Cnephasia longana''
(Haworth, 811
* ''
Cnephasia margelanensis''
Razowski, 1958
* ''
Cnephasia microstrigana''
Razowski, 1958
* ''
Cnephasia minutula''
Falkovitsh in Danilevsky, Kuznetsov & Falkovitsh, 1962
* ''
Cnephasia nesiotica''
Razowski, 1983
* ''
Cnephasia nigripunctana''
Amsel, 1959
* ''
Cnephasia nigrofasciana''
(Bruand, 1850)
* ''
Cnephasia nowickii''
Razowski, 1958
* ''
Cnephasia orientana''
(Alphéraky, 1877)
* ''
Cnephasia orthias''
Meyrick, 1910
* ''
Cnephasia oxyacanthana''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
* ''
Cnephasia parnassicola''
Razowski, 1958
* ''
Cnephasia pasiuana
''Cnephasia pasiuana'', the meadow shade, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1799. It is found in almost all of Europe. The habitat consists of rough pastures, fens and marshy areas.
The wingspan is 15–1 ...
''
(Hübner, 1799)
* ''
Cnephasia personatana''
Kennel, 1901
* ''
Cnephasia razowskii''
Alipanah, 2019
* ''
Cnephasia regifica''
Razowski, 1971
* ''
Cnephasia sedana''
(Constant, 1884)
* ''
Cnephasia semibrunneata''
(de Joannis, 1891)
* ''
Cnephasia stachi''
Razowski, 1958
* ''
Cnephasia stephensiana'' – grey tortrix
* ''
Cnephasia tianshanica''
Filipjev, 1934
* ''
Cnephasia tofina''
Meyrick, 1922
* ''
Cnephasia tremewani''
Razowski, 1961
* ''
Cnephasia tripolitana''
Razowski, 1958
* ''
Cnephasia tristrami''
(Walsingham, 1900)
* ''
Cnephasia ussurica''
Filipjev, 1962
* ''
Cnephasia venusta''
Razowski, 1971
* ''
Cnephasia virginana''
(Kennel, 1899)
* ''
Cnephasia wimmeri''
Arenberger, 1998
* ''
Cnephasia zangheriana''
Trematerra, 1991
* ''
Cnephasia zelleri''
(Christoph, 1877)
* ''
Cnephasia zernyi''
Razowski, 1959
''
"Cnephasia" jactatana'' does not seem to belong in this genus.
Former species
* ''
Cnephasia daedalea
''Cnephasia hellenica'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Ukraine and the Near East.
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are brownish grey with ...
''
Razowski, 1983
Synonyms
Obsolete
scientific name
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
s for ''Cnephasia'' are:
* ''Anoplocnephasia''
Réal, 1953
* ''Brachycnephasia''
Réal, 1953
* ''Chephasia''
('' lapsus'')
* ''Cnephasianella''
(''lapsus'')
* ''Cnephasiella''
Adamczewski, 1936
* ''Cnephosia''
(''lapsus'')
* ''Hypostephanuncia''
Réal, 1951
* ''Hypostephanuntia''
(''lapsus'')
* ''Sciaphila''
Treitschke in Ochsenheimer, 1829
''Hypostephanuncia'' is sometimes listed as a
junior synonym
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...
of the closely related genus ''
Eana
''Eana'' is a genus of tortrix moths (family (biology), family Tortricidae). It belongs to the tribe (biology), tribe Cnephasiini of subfamily Tortricinae.
Synonyms
Obsolete scientific names for this genus are:Baixeras ''et al.'' (2009a), and ...
'', but its type species is ''
C. ecullyana''. Whether the
monotypic ''
Sphaleroptera'' is a distinct and valid genus or merely a specialized offshoot of ''Cnephasia'' is not yet resolved; some authors include it here, while others don't.
[Baixeras ''et al.'' (2009a), and see references in Savela (2005a,b)]
Footnotes
References
* (2019): An overview of the tribe Cnephasiini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae) of Iran with description of a new species. ''Zootaxa'' 4661(3): 501-521.
* (2009a)
Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae&ndash
Genus ''Cnephasia'' account Version 1.3.1. Retrieved 2009-JAN-20.
* (2009b)
Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae&ndash
''Cnephasia'' species list Version 1.3.1. Retrieved 2009-JAN-20.
*
826
Year 826 ( DCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 826th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 826th year of the 1st millennium, the 26th ...
enus ''Cnephasia'' ''In:
British Entomology
''British Entomology'' is a classic work of entomology by John Curtis, FLS. It is subtitled ''Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: Containing Coloured Figures from Nature of the Most ...
, being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland'', etc. 6(100): 1-2. E. Ellis & Co., London
Fulltextat the
Internet Archive
* (1998): The genera of Tortricidae. Part III. Nearctic Chlidanotinae and Tortricidae. ''Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia'' 41(2): 227-281
Fulltextat
Google Books
* (2005a): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
''Cnephasia'' Version of 2005-SEP-14. Retrieved 2010-APR-14.
* (2005b): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
Version of 2005-SEP-14. Retrieved 2010-APR-14.
* (2010): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
Version of 2010-FEB-19. Retrieved 2010-APR-14.
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