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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Archips » Boldly-marked Archips - Hodges#3666 (Archips dissitana)

Species Archips dissitana - Boldly-marked Archips - Hodges#3666

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Archips
Species dissitana (Boldly-marked Archips - Hodges#3666)
Hodges Number
3666
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Archips dissitanus (Grote, 1879)
Tortrix (Ptycholoma) dissitana Grote, 1879
Ptycholoma dissitana Grote, 1879
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin dissita meaning "scattered."
Size
Wingspan 24 mm (Grote, 1879).
Identification
Adult - easily identified by white forewings sharply contrasted with jagged jet black bands. (1)
Range
Widespread in the boreal forest from Alberta to Nova Scotia, south to Minnesota and in the Appalachians to North Carolina. (1)
Type locality: Buffalo, New York.
Food
Larvae feed on balsam fir (Abies balsamea). (1)
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1879. A new Tortix. The North American Entomologist 29.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (1)
BOLD Systems
Wikipedia
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841-1903)
Works Cited
1.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Mike Boone on 2 April, 2005 - 1:32pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Robert Lord Zimlich, KenW, Randy Hardy, Jason Dombroskie
Last updated 16 January, 2018 - 10:52am

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