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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Argyrotaenia

Genus Argyrotaenia

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

Gray-banded Leafroller - Argyrotaenia mariana

Small moth rounded shield nulti color - Argyrotaenia velutinana

Oak Leafroller - Hodges#3623 - Argyrotaenia quercifoliana

Tortricid accidentally reared from Iva frutescens - Argyrotaenia velutinana

Argyrotaenia kimballi? - Argyrotaenia kimballi

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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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Argyrotaenia Stephens, 1852

Explanation of Names

From the Greek "argyros" (silver) + "tainia" (a ribbon or tape) [Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary, 1983].

Identification

Pohl, et al. (2016) list 35 species, all included here.(1) An additional species, A. purata in the Hodges checklist (#3612.1) was deemed not to occur in North America and excluded. This guide should be used only as a first step in identification; some species can't be confidently separated from photos. The first several species listed here are especially difficult to separate and require additional taxonomic work to refine species limits.

A. velutinana A. montezumae A. hodgesi A. floridana A. kimballi

♂ ♂ ♂ ♀

[missing]

A. repertana A. pinatubana A. tabulana

A. spaldingiana A. gogana A. amatana A. occultana A. coloradana A. provana A. lignitaenia

♂ ♀

[missing] [missing]

[missing]

A. franciscana A. isolatissima A. niscana A. paiuteana A. burroughsi A. dorsalana

[missing]

A. lautana A. klotsi A. quadrifasciana A. juglandana A. quercifoliana A. alisellana A. mariana A. burnsorum

[missing]

A. ivana A. martini A. graceana A. coconinana A. bialbistriata

♂ ♀

[missing] [missing] [missing] [missing]

Print References

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Internet References

James Francis Stephens (1792-1852)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.

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

3.	Five new species of Argyrotaenia (Tortricidae: Archipini) from Mexico and the southwestern United States John W. Brown, Ashley Cramer . 1999. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 53(3): 114-125.

4.	Descriptions of new species of Argyrontaenia in the southwestern United States (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Jerry A. Powell. 1960. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 36(2): 83-97.

5.	Descriptions of and notes on North and Central American species of Argyrotaenia, with the description of a new genus. Nicholas S. Obraztsov. 1961. American Museum Novitates, no. 2048: pp.1-42.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 15 March, 2005 - 2:34am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 31 August, 2023 - 8:01am

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