Species Argyrotaenia graceana - Hodges#3629

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · 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 Archipini

Genus Argyrotaenia

Species graceana (Argyrotaenia graceana - Hodges#3629)

Hodges Number

3629

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Argyrotaenia graceana Powell, 1960 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is "a manuscript name of Dr. N.S. Obraztsov who kindly turned over his specimen for use in the present description. The species is named for Grace H. Sperry who helped to contribute to the knowledge of this and many other species of Tortricidae through the years of diligent collecting with her husband."

Size

Forewing length 8.4-10.4 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - large, pale species with indistinct brownish or reddish-brown banding on the forewing. Somewhat variable both in distinctness and color, ranging to a form with rather complete and distinct bands. (1)

Range

Holotype male: Hathaway Creek, San Bernardino Mountains, Riverside County, California, August 2, 1940 (C. Henne). Allotype female: Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, August 29, 1940 (H. Buckwalter) both deposited in the USNM.

Print References

Powell, J.A., 1960. Descriptions of new species of Argyrontaenia in the southwestern United States (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 36(2): 93. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Jerry A. Powell

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of new species of Argyrontaenia in the southwestern United States (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Jerry A. Powell. 1960. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 36(2): 83-97.

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 25 November, 2012 - 8:57pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 January, 2018 - 8:38pm

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