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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Sparganothini » Sparganothis » Sparganothis violaceana - Hodges#3710 (Sparganothis violaceana)

Species Sparganothis violaceana - Hodges#3710

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

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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 Sparganothini

Genus Sparganothis

Species violaceana (Sparganothis violaceana - Hodges#3710)

Hodges Number

3710

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sparganothis violaceana (Robinson, 1869)

Tortrix violaceana Robinson, 1869 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin for the "wings shining yellow at the base, beyond to just before the apices deep purplish or violaceous." (1)

Size

Wingspan 21-24 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - A unique Sparganothis with the outer 3/4 of the forewings smooth immaculate violet and the thorax and inner 1/4 of the forewings dark yellow. Labial palps are long.

Range

Northeastern U.S. and coast to coast in Canada. (2)

Lectotype: Massachusetts (Sanborn). (3), (1)

Habitat

Wetlands where blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) grow.

Food

Vaccinium spp.

Print References

Robinson, C.T., 1869. Notes on American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 271; Pl.5, f.30. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Coleman Townsend Robinson (1839-1872)

Works Cited

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

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Gilligan, T. M., J. Baixeras, J. W. Brown & K. R. Tuck. 2014. T@RTS: Online, World Catalogue of the Tortricidae.

Contributed by Paul Dennehy on 30 May, 2012 - 8:17am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 January, 2019 - 3:17pm

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