Species Sparganothis xanthoides - Mosaic Sparganothis Moth - Hodges#3706

3706

Sparganothis xanthoides (Walker, 1863)

Begunna xanthoides Walker, 1863 (1)

Leptoris breviornatana Clemens, 1865 (2)

Oenectra inconditana Walsingham, 1879 (3)

Tortrix irrorea Robinson, 1869

Specific epithet from Greek ξανθός εἶδος meaning "yellow-form."

Wingspan: 17–21 mm. (4)

Adult - Antennae doubly ciliated, with rather long hairs ● Head and labial palpi dark brownish, nearly twice the length of the head ● FW tawny-yellow, with the brown veins and nervules, and with brown striae beneath the nervules ● Oblique brown band arises on the basal third of the costa, and runs to the middle of the dorsal margin, but does not reach it ● Brown patch on the costa, over the subcostal nervules, striated with darker brown ● Extreme apical margin brown ● HW pale yellowish-white. [Clemens' original description of Leptorie broviernatana] (2)

Found in most of North America. (4)

Holotype female: Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Dr. Lyall)(5). (1)

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Lotus corniculatus. (4)

Sparganothis boweri Powell & Brown

Walker, F. 1863. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVII - Crambites & Tortricites. British Museum (Natural History), p.190. (1)

Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults (6)

BOLD page and BIN

Wikipedia (4)