Species Platynota exasperatana-complex - Exasperating Platynota - Hodges#3743

3743

Platynota exasperatana (Zeller, 1875)

Tortrix (Platynota) exasperatana Zeller, 1875 (1)

Sparganothis scotiana McDunnough, 1961

Specific epithet from Latin exasperatus meaning "roughened."

Wingspan about 13 mm.

Adult - forewing pale gray, shaded with darker gray to blackish in median and basal areas, and marked with traces of black lines; pale blotches may be present along costa in median area; diffuse gray spot usually visible in subterminal area near anal angle; hindwing variably light to dark brownish-gray.

Described material: Texas (Boll); New York (Speyer). Zeller, 1875(1)

BOLD:ABZ2971 (FL, IL)

BOLD:ACE3549 (ON, QC, NB, NS, s. Appalachians)

BOLD:ABY7899 (OK, s. Appalachians, e. VA) (BugGuide page)

Powell, J.A. & J.W. Brown, 2012. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 8.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 120; pl. E, figs.11-16. (2)

Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 238. (1)

Moth Photographers Group(3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)