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Genus Platynota

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Tufted Apple Bud Moth - Platynota idaeusalis Dark Moth - Platynota idaeusalis - male Platynota flavedana, Black-Shaded Platynota Moth, Hodges 3732 ? - Platynota flavedana - male Tufted Apple Bud Moth - Platynota idaeusalis - female Moth - Platynota idaeusalis Black-shaded Platynota Moth - Platynota flavedana Platynota semiustana? - Platynota semiustana - female Omnivorous Leaf-roller - Platynota stultana - 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 Tortricinae
Tribe Sparganothini
Genus Platynota
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Platynota Clemens, 1860 (1)
Numbers
19 species in North America according to Moth Photographers' Group.
Identification
For identification of Platynota in eastern North America, use this visual guide, which includes all the annotated images shown below. (Note that you will need to either download the image or click through to view the full resolution version online. All text in the image, which is 10,200x6,600 pixels, is crisp.)

For quick reference or for identification in the Southwest, use the following image array. Pohl, et al. (2016) list 19 species, all included here; additionally, P. richardsi, described as a Spargonothis, was transferred to Platynota by Brown (2019).(2) Females of polingi, blanchardi, yumana, redingtonensis, and zapatana are unknown or unrecognized.

P. idaeusalis                                                    P. exasperatana                                             P. semiustana                                                 P. rostrana
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P. wenzelana                                                   P. polingi                                                       P. texana                                                        P. labiosana
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                    [missing]                     [missing]                         [missing]                        

P. islameconae                                                P. blanchardi                                                  P. flavedana                                                   P. zapatana
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[missing]                     [missing]                       [missing]                         [missing]                     [missing]

P. larreana                                                      P. yumana                                                     P. redingtonensis                                            P. viridana
♂                                ♀                                 ♂                                ♀                                ♂                                 ♀                                ♂                                 ♀
  [missing]                     [missing]                     [missing]                     [missing]                     [missing]                     [missing]                    

P. stultana                                                      P. nigrocervina                                               P. calidana                                                      P. richersi
♂                                ♀                                 ♂                                ♀                                ♂                                 ♀                                ♂                                 ♀
        [missing]                     [missing]                                     [missing]
Life Cycle
Print References
Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 347. (1)
Brown, J.W., 2019. New Combinations in Sparganothini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 121(3) 366-371.
Internet References
MPG plate series with illustrations
Wikipedia
Works Cited
1.Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6.
Brackenridge Clemens. 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 345-362.
2.Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 27 July, 2005 - 4:40am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Robert Lord Zimlich, Chuck Sexton, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 5 March, 2022 - 2:47pm

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