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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Sparganothini » Sparganothis » One-banded Sparganothis - Hodges#3711 (Sparganothis unifasciana)

Species Sparganothis unifasciana - One-banded Sparganothis - Hodges#3711

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · 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 Sparganothini
Genus Sparganothis
Species unifasciana (One-banded Sparganothis - Hodges#3711)
Hodges Number
3711
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sparganothis unifasciana (Clemens, 1864)
Croesia ? unifasciana Clemens, 1864 (1)
[i]Tortrix puritana Robinson, 1869 (2)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin unis fascia meaning "single-banded", for the single diagonal band crossing the forewing.
Size
Forewing length 10.5-12.7 mm. (3)
Identification
Adult: forewing yellow, crossed by diagonal orangish-brown band; orangish-brown blotch along costa about two-thirds distance from base; another blotch near middle of subterminal area; hindwing pale gray.
Range
Widespread in the Northeast at low elevations, west to Alberta, Colorado, eastern Washington and northern Arizona at high elevations. (3)
Food
A general feeder, have been bred on herbaceous ground covers, conifers and ash. (3)
See Also
Sparganothis sulfureana forewing has broken diagonal band, and lacks blotch in subterminal area.
Print References
Clemens, B., 1864. North American micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3(3): 516. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867)
Works Cited
1.North American micro-lepidoptera.
Brackenridge Clemens. 1864. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3(3): 505-520.
2.Notes on American Tortricidae.
Coleman T. Robinson. 1869. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 261-288.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by tom murray on 3 July, 2005 - 6:50am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Chris Grinter, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 March, 2023 - 5:15pm

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