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Species Decodes basiplagana - Hodges#3573

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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 Cnephasiini

Genus Decodes

Species basiplagana (Decodes basiplagana - Hodges#3573 )

Hodges Number

3573

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Decodes basiplagana (Walsingham, 1879)

Sciaphila basiplagana Walsingham, 1879 (1)

Cnephasia basiplagana

Tortricodes basiplagana

Tortrix basiplagana

Phylogenetic sequence #620072

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "basal streaks" for the "narrow streak" and "two smaller streaks" in the basal area of the forewing. (2), (1)

Size

Forewing length 8-9 mm. (3)

Identification

Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)

Genitalia:

Range

The East and Midwest to central Texas, Colorado, Utah and Arizona to central California. (3)

Food

Oak

Print References

Walsingham, Lord. 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 4: 23; Pl.65, f.8. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

TortAI

Lord Walsingham (1843-1919)

Works Cited

1.	North-American Torticidae Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.

2.	Explanation of terms used in entomology John Bernardh Smith. 1906. Brooklyn Entomological Society.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	Data on Decodes, a new North American Cnephasiid genus with descriptions of new species (Tortricidae) N.S. Obraztsov, J. A. Powell. 1961. Journal of The Lepidopterist's Society, 14(2): 112--123.

Contributed by tom murray on 26 September, 2009 - 9:38pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 1 March, 2024 - 8:24pm

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