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Subfamily Tortricinae


The fauna and flora of El Segundo Sand Dunes. Two new Phaloniid moths
By John A. Comstock
Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 38(2): 115-119, 1939

The Moths of North America north of Mexico Fascicle 8.1 Sparganothini and Atteriini
By Jerry A. Powell & John W. Brown
The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 2012
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First U.S. records of Amorbia concavana (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
By James E. Hayden
Insecta Mundi 0271: 1-4, 2012

A synopsis of Decodes (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with descriptions of new species and a related new genus in Mexico
By Jerry A. Powell
Pacific Insects, 22( 1-2): 78-114, 1980

Note on North American Aphelia species (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae).
By Nicholas S. Obraztsov
American Museum Novitates, 1964: 1-9, 1959
Obraztsov, N.S., 1959. Note on North American Aphelia species (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). American Museum Novitates, 1964: 1-9. (PDF)

Cochylis caulocatax (Razowski) Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini: a redescription of the male with new ...
By Michael G. Pogue and Timothy P. Friedlander
Journal of the New York Entomological Society 95(2): 320-327, 1987
Cochylis caulocatax Razowski (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini): a redescription of the male with new descriptions of the female, larva, and pupa.

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Systematics of Sparganothoides Lambert and Powell, 1986 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini)
By James J. Kruse, Jerry A. Powell
Zootaxa 2150: 1-78 , 2009

Descriptions of new species of Argyrontaenia in the southwestern United States (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).
By Jerry A. Powell
The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 36(2): 83-97, 1960
Powell, J.A., 1960. Descriptions of new species of Argyrontaenia in the southwestern United States (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 36(2): 83-97.

Argyrotaenia cupressae
Argyrotaenia beyeria
Argyrotaenia paiuteana
Argyrotaenia lautana
Argyrotaenia burnsorum
Argyrotaenia graceana
Argyrotaenia martini