Species Argyrotaenia hodgesi - Hodges#3598.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Argyrotaenia hodgesi A - Argyrotaenia hodgesi

Argyrotaenia hodgesi - Argyrotaenia hodgesi

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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 Archipini

Genus Argyrotaenia

Species hodgesi (Argyrotaenia hodgesi - Hodges#3598.1)

Hodges Number

3598.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Argyrotaenia hodgesi Heppner, 1989 (1)

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of Ronald W. Hodges (1934-2017), who collected some of the first specimens.

Size

Forewing Length 4.5-5.4 mm (male), 6.4 mm (female). (1)

Identification

Adult - head and labial palps: orange-brown with buff frons • FW is buff with three irregular orange-brown fasia, all having a fine, dark brown border • Large orange-brown basal patch • Median patch, constricted in the middle, widened and somewhat angled to tornus • Preapical patch, curved to termen, sometimes with a fine line continued to tornus • Apex patch, small • Fringe buff. (1)

Range

Moth Photographers Group – distribution & flight-period chart

Holotype male: Fisheating Cr., Palmdale, Glades Co., Florida, 7-10-V-1964 (R.W. Hodges).

Print References

Heppner, J.B., 1989. New Argyrotaenia and Choristoneura Moths from Florida. Florida Entomologist 72(1): 102. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD Systems

Smithsonian Institute

Ronald W. Hodges’ pinned Holotype specimen

Works Cited

1.	New Argyrotaenia and Choristoneura Moths from Florida John B. Heppner. 1989. Florida Entomologist, Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 102-103.

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 25 November, 2012 - 8:58pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 19 January, 2018 - 8:48am

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