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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Argyrotaenia » Argyrotaenia floridana - Hodges#3599 (Argyrotaenia floridana)

Species Argyrotaenia floridana - Hodges#3599

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

orange and red moth - Argyrotaenia floridana

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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 Archipini

Genus Argyrotaenia

Species floridana (Argyrotaenia floridana - Hodges#3599)

Hodges Number

3599

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Argyrotaenia floridana Obraztsov, 1961 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for the type location (Florida).

Size

Forewing length 5.5 mm in male; 7.5-9 mm in female. (1)

Range

Records from the southeastern United States, north to New Jersey and Ohio, west to Arkansas and east Texas. Caribbean. (2)

Holotype male and allotype female: Port Sewall, Florida, November 13-14, 1938 (F.E. Watson & L.J. Sanford).

Food

Larval hosts include paradise tree (Simarouba glauca Simaroubaceae) in Florida and Simarouba amara in the Caribbean. (3)

See Also

See Remarks in Obraztsov (1961) - Argyrotaenia velutinana (Walker), Argyrotaenia tabulana Freeman, Argyrotaenia amatana (Dyar). (1)

Print References

Obraztsov, N.S., 1961. Descriptions of and notes on North and Central American species of Argyrotaenia, with the description of a new genus (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). American Museum Novitates, no. 2048: 8-13. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Nicholas Sergeyevitch Obraztsov (1906-1966)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of and notes on North and Central American species of Argyrotaenia, with the description of a new genus. Nicholas S. Obraztsov. 1961. American Museum Novitates, no. 2048: pp.1-42.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 23 April, 2009 - 10:59pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 January, 2018 - 7:28pm

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