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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 semiustana Platynota semiustana - female Platynota semiustana Platynota - Platynota semiustana - female 3741 – Platynota semiustana - Platynota semiustana Platynota semiustana - female Moth - Platynota semiustana - male Platynota semiustana - female
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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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