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Species Aethes spartinana - Hodges#3761.1

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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 spartinana (Aethes spartinana - Hodges#3761.1)

Hodges Number

3761.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aethes spartinana (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)

Phalonia spartinana Barnes & McDunnough, 1916

Explanation of Names

Specif epithet for the larval host genus (Spartina).

Size

Expanse: 20-25 mm.

Identification

Adult - see Razowski (1997). (1)

Range

Alberta to Nova Scotia, south to Massachusetts, Missouri, and Wyoming. This is mostly a Great Plains species with occasional eastern records.

Type locality: Elk Point, South Dakota (C.N. Ainslie).

Season

Adults on wing from July to August (2).

Food

Larvae feed on Spartina spp. (cordgrass) (2).

Print References

Ainslie C.N., 1917. A few notes on the life history of Phalonia spartinana. The Canadian Entomologist. 49: 93-96 (2).

Barnes W., McDunnough J. 1916. An apparently new species of Phalonia. The Canadian Entomologist. 48: 144

Prasifka et al., 2012. "Seed Reduction in Prairie Cordgrass, Spartina pectinata Link., by the Floret-Feeding Caterpillar Aethes spartinana (Barnes and McDunnough)" Bioenergy Research 5: 189-196 (3).

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

William Barnes (1860-1930)

James Halliday McDunnough (1877-1962)

Works Cited

1.	Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Canada Razowski, J. 1997. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 40(1):107-163.

2.	A few notes on the life history of Phalonia spartinana Ainslie, C.N. 1917. The Canadian Entomologist, 49: 93-96.

3.	Seed Reduction in Prairie Cordgrass, Spartina pectinata Link., by the Floret-Feeding Caterpillar Aethes spartinana (B. & McD.) Prasifka, J.R., Lee, D.K., Bradshaw, J.D., Parrish, A.S., Gray, M.E. 2012. BioEnergy Research, 5: 189-196.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 27 December, 2015 - 8:52pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 4 February, 2018 - 2:20pm

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