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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Cochylini » Platphalonidia » Platphalonidia aenigmana - Hodges#3835.11 (Platphalonidia aenigmana)

Species Platphalonidia aenigmana - Hodges#3835.11

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Platphalonidia aenigmana - male Platphalonidia aenigmana - male Platphalonidia aenigmana - female Platphalonidia aenigmana - female Platphalonidia aenigmana - female Platphalonidia aenigmana - female Platphalonidia aenigmana - female Platphalonidia aenigmana - female
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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 Cochylini
Genus Platphalonidia
Species aenigmana (Platphalonidia aenigmana - Hodges#3835.11)
Hodges Number
3835.11
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Platphalonidia aenigmana Brown, 2024
Explanation of Names
Platphalonidia aenigmana Brown, 2024, n. sp., with generic assignment "somewhat provisional", is possibly of South American origin.
Range
USA: AZ, CA, OR; Colombia.
Holotype: Oregon: Lane Co.: 3 mi SW Dunes City.
Food
USA: Garrya elliptica, G. fremontii, Arctostaphylos sp.; Columbia: Gomphrena globosa.
Print References
Brown, J.W., 2024. The puzzling distribution of Platphalonidia aenigmana, new species, from the Western U.S.A. and Colombia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylina). Insecta Mundi, 1085: 1-8.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 16 December, 2024 - 5:57am

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