TORTRICIDAE
(tortrix moths)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Isotrias rectifasciana
Hedge Shade
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 		Species 1 images
OLETHREUTINAE
a subfamily of moths
(Click to open)
 		Subfamily 29 subtaxa 147 images 3 ident. refs
TORTRICINAE
a subfamily of moths
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 33 subtaxa 309 images 4 ident. refs
Tortricidae (unidentified)
Unidentified Tortrix Moths
Pupa (Click to open)
 		Unidentified 11 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyTORTRICIDAE (tortrix moths)
SuperfamilyTORTRICOIDEA (cochylid and tortrix moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Eurasian Tortricidae ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/tortricidae.php
() Bradley, J.D., Tremewan, W.G. & Smith, A. 1979 British Tortricoid Moths: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae (Vol 2) 153, 336pp, The Ray Society, London
() Bradley, J.D., Tremewan, W.G. & Smith, A. 1973 British Tortricoid Moths: Cochylidae and Tortricidae: Tortricinae (Vol 1) 147, 251pp, The Ray Society, London

Bird-dropping Mimics

Clifton, J. & Wheeler, J. 2015 Bird-dropping Tortrix Moths of the British Isles: a Field Guide to the Bird-dropping Mimics. Second edition edition, Clifton & Wheeler

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

Microscopy

() Pierce, F.N. & Metcalfe, J.W. 1922 The Genitalia of the British Tortricidae 101+34 Platespp, The Northern Publishing Company

TORTRICIDAE (tortrix moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for TORTRICIDAE (tortrix moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 114 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for TORTRICIDAE (tortrix moths)
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