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Species Phiaris siderana - Hodges#2833

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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:

      [missing]                     [missing]                     [missing]                    

astrologana                  coruscana                    ferrolineana                 metallica                      nordeggana                 sordidana                     galaxana

  [missing]                          
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.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
Barcode of Life (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 27 September, 2022 - 3:57pm
Additional contributions by Blocky
Last updated 28 December, 2022 - 9:33pm

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