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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Tortricoidea » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Archips » Archips purpurana - Hodges#3658 (Archips purpurana)

Species Archips purpurana - Hodges#3658

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References
Omnivorous Leafroller - Archips purpurana Archips purpurana?? - Archips purpurana Leaf-roller Moth - Archips purpurana Curvy moth - Archips purpurana Curvy moth - Archips purpurana Omnivorous Leafroller - Archips purpurana? - Archips purpurana Archips purpurana Omnivorous Leafroller Moth - Hodges #3658 - Archips purpurana
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Tortricinae
Tribe Archipini
Genus Archips
Species purpurana (Archips purpurana - Hodges#3658)
Hodges Number
3658
Other Common Names
also known as Omnivorous Leafroller but that name is more commonly applied to another species, Platynota stultana, and is therefore confusing
Size
wingspan 18-27 mm
Identification
forewing costa curves deeply inward, then curves outward near apex; purplish-brown or pale brown with darker brown streaks and median band
hindwing white, shaded with gray in area of anal angle
Range
eastern North America
Season
adults fly from late June to August
Food
larvae feed on apple, blueberry, geranium, goldenrod, sassafras, strawberry, violets, willow, and other plants
Internet References
live adult images plus description, food plants, and flight season (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
common name reference [Omnivorous Leafroller] (Entomological Society of Canada)
common name reference [Omnivorous Leafroller] (ITIS)
Contributed by Dennis Profant on 21 July, 2005 - 8:54pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 22 September, 2005 - 6:53pm

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