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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 » Aethes sexdentata - Hodges#3760.2 (Aethes sexdentata)

Species Aethes sexdentata - Hodges#3760.2

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Tortricid Moth - Aethes sexdentata Aethes sexdentata 3760.2, Aethes sexdentata, Six-toothed Aethes - Aethes sexdentata Pennsylvania Moth - Aethes sexdentata Hodges#3760.2 - Aethes sexdentata Tortricinae, dorsal - Aethes sexdentata Aethes sexdentata Aethes sexdentata
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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 sexdentata (Aethes sexdentata - Hodges#3760.2)
Hodges Number
3760.2
Other Common Names
Six-toothed Aethes (1)
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)
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
Southeastern Canada and Northeastern United States. (1)
Holotype male: Grand Isle, Grand Isle County, Vermont, 7/27/1995 (M.S. Griggs (3)). (2)
Paratypes: Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Connecticut, Indiana, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington.
Food
The larvae feed on Solidago sp. (Goldenrod). (2)
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. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
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.Moths and Butterflies of Vermont (Lepidoptera) A Faunal Checklist
J. R. Grehan, B. L. Parker, G. R. Nielsen, D. H. Miller, J. D. Hedbor, M. Sabourin, M. S. Griggs. 1995. Vermont Monitoring Cooperative Bulletin 116(1): 1-94.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by tom murray on 4 May, 2007 - 9:20am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 3 December, 2023 - 6:10pm

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