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Species Amorbia concavana - Hodges#3750.3

3750.3 – Amorbia concavana - Amorbia concavana

Possibly Amorbia concavana? - Amorbia concavana

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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 Amorbia

Species concavana (Amorbia concavana - Hodges#3750.3)

Hodges Number

3750.3

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Amorbia concavana (Zeller, 1877)

Cacoecia concavana Zeller, 1877 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin concavus meaning "concave, arched."

Numbers

There are seven species of the genus Amorbia in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)

Identification

Range

Florida

First known US record 23-ii-2004, Miami-Dade Co., Florida (Jim Vargo) (4)

Most records are from Miami-Dade County near Homestead and Miami with one Broward County record. (4)

Mexico, Central and northern South America. (4)

Holotype was collected in Panama (Chiriqui). (1)

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Season

Adults appear to be most common from April to May and October to December. (4)

Food

Larvae are polphagous preferring Fabaceae. (4)

Print References

Hayden, J.E. 2012. First U.S. records of Amorbia concavana (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Insecta Mundi 0271: 1-4. (4)

Zeller, P.C. 1877. Exotische Microlepidoptera. Matériaux Scientifiques T. 13, 91.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808-1883)

Works Cited

1.	World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.

2.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	First U.S. records of Amorbia concavana (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) James E. Hayden. 2012. Insecta Mundi 0271: 1-4.

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 July, 2012 - 7:35pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 February, 2018 - 7:51am

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