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Species Adoxophyes furcatana - Hodges#3690

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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 Adoxophyes
Species furcatana (Adoxophyes furcatana - Hodges#3690)
Hodges Number
3690
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Adoxophyes furcatana (Walker, 1863)
Dichelia furcatana Walker, 1863 (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin furcatus meaning "forked."
Size
Forewing length 7.5-10.5 mm. (2)
Full grown larvae are 18mm(3)
Range
Records from Illinois to Pennsylvania, south to Maryland, North Carolina, Louisiana and Arkansas. (4)
Food
Larval host is sycamore (Platanus). (2)
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.319. (1)
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.Tortricids of Agricultural Importance
Todd M. Gilligan and Marc E. Epstein.
3.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group