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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Archips » Archips georgiana - Hodges#3656 (Archips georgiana)

Species Archips georgiana - Hodges#3656

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

Tortricid Moth - Hodges #3656 - Archips georgiana

Archips georgiana - Hodges#3656 - Archips georgiana

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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 Archips

Species georgiana (Archips georgiana - Hodges#3656)

Hodges Number

3656

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Archips georgiana (Walker, 1863)

Retinia georgiana Walker, 1863 (1)

Cacoecia georgiana (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for the type locality.

Size

Wingspan 15-22 mm.

Range

New Jersey to Florida to Texas. (3), (4)

Type locality: Georgia.

Food

Larvae are leaf rollers of oaks, including turkey oak (Quercus laevis), hybrid hickory (Carya) and blueberry (Vaccinium). (5)

Valerie Bugh collected a caterpillar on black walnut at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (Austin, TX) and Barbara Ribble successfully reared it on very fresh young pecan leaves. (6)

See Also

Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Walker, F., 1863. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII – Tortricites and Tineites. British Museum (Natural History), p.372. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Francis Walker (1809-1874)

Works Cited

1.	List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII – Tortricites and Tineites Francis Walker. 1863. British Museum (Natural History), p.287-561.

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

3.	Moths of Stengl "Lost Pines" Biological Research Station (University of Texas, Austin)

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

6.	The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Fauna Project, Austin, TX

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 May, 2010 - 1:10pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, A. Hendrickson
Last updated 16 January, 2018 - 1:14pm

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