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Species Argyrotaenia alisellana - White-spotted Leafroller - Hodges#3624

White-spotted Leafroller - Argyrotaenia alisellana

White-spotted Leafroller - Hodges#3624 - Argyrotaenia alisellana

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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 Argyrotaenia

Species alisellana (White-spotted Leafroller - Hodges#3624)

Hodges Number

3624

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Argyrotaenia alisellana (Robinson, 1869)

Tortrix alisellana Robinson, 1869 (1)

Size

Wingspan 18-25 mm.

Identification

Adult: forewing whitish with large irregular dark brown patch in median area; strands of brown project outward from patch to wing edges, leaving intervening whitish areas along costa and outer margin; hindwing white.

Range

Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Quebec to Florida, Wisconsin to Texas. (2)

Type locality: Ohio.

Season

Heppner (2003) reported May to June; October. (2)

Food

The larvae feed on leaves of oak (Quercus).

Print References

Robinson, C.T., 1869. Notes on American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 267. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Maryland Moths

Coleman Townsend Robinson (1839-1872)

Moths of North Carolina

iNaturalist

Works Cited

1.	Notes on American Tortricidae. Coleman T. Robinson. 1869. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 261-288.

2.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 June, 2006 - 8:26am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 April, 2023 - 6:16pm

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