Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aethes sexdentata Sabourin & Miller, 2002
(2) Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "six-toothed," for the 4-12, but usually six, spines on the harpe of male genitalia.
(2)Size
Forewing length 5.7-8.2 mm.
(2)Range
Southeastern Canada and Northeastern United States.
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Holotype male: Grand Isle, Grand Isle County, Vermont, 7/27/1995 (M.S. Griggs
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Paratypes: Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Connecticut, Indiana, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington.
Print References
Sabourin, M., W.E. Miller, E.H. Metzler, & J.T. Vargo. 2002. Revised identities and new species of
Aethes from midwestern North America (Tortricidae).
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 56(4):
225.
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