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Species Phiaris siderana - Hodges#2833

Phiaris siderana - male Phiaris siderana - male Phiaris siderana - female Phiaris siderana - female Phiaris siderana - male Phiaris siderana - male
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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 Olethreutinae
Tribe Olethreutini
Genus Phiaris
Species siderana (Phiaris siderana - Hodges#2833)
Hodges Number
2833
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phiaris siderana (Treitschke, 1835)
Sericoris siderana Treitschke, 1835
Argyroploce aurana Caradja, 1939
Sericoris chalybeana Walsingham, 1879
Argyroploce notata Walsingham, 1900
Range
Type locality (siderana): Banat, Romania.
Type locality (aurana): Kuatun, China.
Type locality (chalybeana): California.
Type locality (notata): Hokkaido, Japan.
Remarks
One of several Nearctic Olethreutes s. l. species with iridescent spots on the forewings:

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astrologana                  coruscana                    ferrolineana                 metallica                      nordeggana                 sordidana                     galaxana

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siderana                      concretana                   auricapitana                 nr. auricapitana            albiciliana                    agilana
Print References
Walsingham, L.T.d.G., 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens Lepidopters: Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, 4: 34; pl. 68, fig. 4.
Treitschke, F., 1835. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, 10: 81.