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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Sparganothini » Platynota » Platynota semiustana - Hodges#3741 (Platynota semiustana)

Species Platynota semiustana - Hodges#3741

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Platynota - Platynota semiustana - female

#3741 - Platynota semiustana? - Platynota semiustana

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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

Species semiustana (Platynota semiustana - Hodges#3741)

Hodges Number

3741

Other Common Names

Singed Platynota (1), (2)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Platynota semiustana Walsingham, 1884 (3)

Phylogenetic sequence #620435

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "semi-burnt, singed" for the dark forewing "except for the outer fourth." (3)

Size

Wingspan 13-14 mm. (3)

Identification

♂ ♀

Range

Records from Texas and Oklahoma to Michigan and Maine. (4)

Remarks

BOLD:ABY7900

Print References

Walsingham, Lord. 1887. IX. A revision of the genera Acrolophus, Poey, and Anaphora, Clem..Transactions of The Royal Entomological Society of London 35(2): 128. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD Systems

Lord Walsingham (1843-1919)

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

2.	Wikipedia

3.	IX. A revision of the genera Acrolophus, Poey, and Anaphora, Clem Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1887. Transactions of The Royal Entomological Society of London 35(2): 137-173.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 24 May, 2010 - 6:59pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Graham M, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 13 January, 2022 - 3:10am

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