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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 » Larger Boxelder Leafroller Moth - Hodges#3654 (Archips negundana)

Species Archips negundana - Larger Boxelder Leafroller Moth - Hodges#3654

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

Larger Boxelder Leafroller - Archips negundana

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Larger Boxelder Leafroller Moth - Hodges#3654 - Archips negundana

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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 negundana (Larger Boxelder Leafroller Moth - Hodges#3654)

Hodges Number

3654

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Archips negundana (Dyar, 1902)

Cacoecia negundana Dyar, 1902

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for the host plant (Acer negunda).

Size

Wingspan about 17-21 mm. (1)

Forewing length 8.5-11 mm. (2)

Identification

Adult - paler than Archips argyrospila (Walker). Females have "huge brushes of erect scales on the abdominal venter, which are laid in neat, imbricate rows across the egg masses." (2)

Range

Southern British Columbia to southern Quebec, south to California and Florida. (3)

Type locality: Pike's Peak, Colorado.

Food

Larva is a leafroller on boxelder (Acer negunda), nettle (Utica) and honeysuckle (Lonicera). (3)

See Also

Archips argyrospila (Walker)

Print References

Dyar, H.G. (in A.N. Caudell). 1902. Some insects from the summit of Pike's Peak, found on snow. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 5: 78.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (3)

Harrison G. Dyer (1866-1929)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 17 March, 2011 - 3:38pm
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 January, 2018 - 8:51am

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