Genus Arcola

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)

Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Subfamily Phycitinae

Tribe Phycitini

No Taxon (Sarata Series)

Genus Arcola

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Arcola Shaffer, 1995 (replacement name) (1)

Syn: Vogtia Pastrana, 1961 (preoccupied) [Coelenterata]

Explanation of Names

Vogtia was a patronym for George B. Vogt (1920–1990) who worked extensively on the biological control of alligator weed. (Anderson et al. 1991)

Numbers

Monotypic genus

Range

established in Florida (MPG), introduced from S. Amer.

Food

alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides)

Print References

Anderson, D., C.L. Bellamy, H.A. Howden, and C. Quimby. 1991. George Britton Vogt (1920–1990). The Coleopterists Bulletin 45(1): 93–95. Full PDF

Brown, J.L. 1973. Vogtia malloi, a newly introduced pyralid (Lepidoptera) for the control of alligatorweed in the United States. PhD dissertation. Univ. of Fla, Gainesville. 71 pp.

Brown, J.L. and N.R. Spencer. 1973. Vogtia malloi, a newly introduced phycitine moth (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) to control alligatorweed. Environmental Entomology 2: 519-523.

Pastrana, J.A. 1961. Una nueva Phycitidae (Lep.) parasito de la “lagunilla." Revista de Investigaciones Agricolas 15: 265-272.

Shaffer, J. 1995. Pg. 14. In: Heppner, J.B. (Ed). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Volume 3. Checklist: part 2. Hyblaeoidea — Pyraloidea — Tortricoidea. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera, Gainesville. 243 pp.

Vogt, G.B. 1960. Exploration for natural enemies of alligator weed and related plants in South America. USDA, ARS, Entomol. Res. Div., Special Report PI-4, 58 pp.

Vogt, G.B. 1961. Exploration for natural enemies of alligator weed and related plants in South America. USDA, ARS, Entomol. Res. Div., Special Report PI-5, 50 pp.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Works Cited

1.	Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species

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