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Species Sciota virgatella - Black-spotted Leafroller - Hodges#5797

Representative Images

Black-spotted Leafroller - Sciota virgatella Black-spotted Leafroller - Hodges#5797 - Sciota virgatella Black-spotted Leafroller - Sciota virgatella Black-spotted Leafroller - Sciota virgatella Black-spotted Leafroller - Sciota virgatella Black-spotted Leafroller - Sciota virgatella Sciota maybe virgatella? - Sciota virgatella Sciota virgatella
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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 (Nephopteryx Series)
No Taxon (Sciota Group)
Genus Sciota
Species virgatella (Black-spotted Leafroller - Hodges#5797)

Hodges Number

5797

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sciota virgatella (Clemens, 1860)
Pempelia virgatella Clemens, 1860
Pempelia contatella var. quinquepunctella Grote, 1880
Nephopterix virgatella

Size

wingspan about 22 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG

Range

eastern United States and southern Ontario

Food

Black Locust

Life Cycle

Larva; larva; larva; pupa; adult

Remarks

page creation based on Brian Scholtens' identification of this image, as reported by Bob Patterson

Print References

Clemens, B. 1860: Contributions to American lepidopterology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 12: 205
Grote, A. R. 1880: North American Phycidae. North American Entomologist. 1(7): 49-50. (Pempelia contatella var. quinquepunctella)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)(3)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 15 February, 2008 - 4:06pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, ceiseman, marcie oconnor
Last updated 8 March, 2022 - 4:57pm

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