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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Cochylini » Aethes » Two-spotted Aethes - Hodges#3754.3 (Aethes atomosana)

Species Aethes atomosana - Two-spotted Aethes - Hodges#3754.3

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Aethes atomosana 3754.3 - Aethes atomosana Two-spotted Aethes - Aethes atomosana Aethes atomosana Hodges#3754.3 - Aethes atomosana Two-spotted Aethes - Hodges#3754.3 - Aethes atomosana Pennsylvania Moth - Aethes atomosana Aethes atomosana Aethes atomosana
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Tortricinae
Tribe Cochylini
Genus Aethes
Species atomosana (Two-spotted Aethes - Hodges#3754.3)
Hodges Number
3754.3
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aethes atomosana (Busck, 1907)
Phalonia atomosana Busck, 1907 (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "minute dots or points," for the forewings "irregularly sprinkled with single black scales." (1)
Size
Forewing length 6.6-9.8 mm. (2)
Wingspan 18-19 mm. (3)
Range
Southeastern Canada and northeastern United States. (4)
Holotype ♀ collected 17 August 1905, USA, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, H. Engel. (5)
Season
The main flight period is June to September. (6)
Remarks
This species was number 3810 in the 1983 Hodges Checklist.
Print References
Busck, A., 1907. A review of the tortricid subfamily Phaloniinae with descriptions of new American species. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 15(1): 22. (1)
Sabourin, M., WE. Miller, E. H. Metzler, & J.T. Vargo, 2002. Revised identities and new species of Aethes from midwestern North America (Tortricidae). Journal of The New York Entomological Society. 56(4): 231. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (6)
Tortricidae.com
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Harrison G. Dyer (1866-1929)
Works Cited
1.A review of the tortricid subfamily Phaloniinae with descriptions of new American species
August Busck. 1907. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 15: 19-36.
2.Revised identities and new species of Aethes from midwestern North America (Tortricidae).
Michael Sabourin, William E. Miller, Eric H. Metzler, James T. Vargo. 2002. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 56(4): 216-233.
3.Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Canada
Razowski, J. 1997. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 40(1):107-163.
4.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
5.World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)
John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by John F. Carr on 27 September, 2009 - 9:32am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Nick Block, Randy Hardy
Last updated 4 February, 2018 - 2:18pm

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