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Species Archips nigriplagana - Hodges#3648.2

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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 Archips
Species nigriplagana (Archips nigriplagana - Hodges#3648.2)
Hodges Number
3648.2
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Archips nigriplagana Franclemont, 1986 (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "black-spotted."
Size
Wingspan: ♂ 19 mm, ♀ 23 mm. (1)
Forewing length: ♂ 9 mm, ♀ 11 mm. (1)
Range
Holotype ♂: McLean Bogs Reserve, Tompkins County, New York, 2 July 1953 (J.G. Franclemont).
Paratypes: Snyder Heights 1100 ft., Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, 10 July 1979 (J.G. Franclemont); Highlands 3865 ft., Macon County, North Carolina, 11 July 1958 (J.G. Franclemont); Owsley County, Kentucky, 3 miles NE Booneville, 14 June 1980; (Loran D. Gibson); Pine Mountain State Park, Kentucky, 6-9-1981 [9 June 1981?] (Carl Cornett).
See Also
Choristoneura fractivittana (Clemens)
Print References
Franclemont, J.G., 1986. New species of tortricid moths from Eastern North America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 88(1): 59. (1)
Works Cited
1.New species of tortricid moths from Eastern North America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).
John. G. Franclemont. 1986. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 88(1): 56-62.