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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Sonia » Hebrew Sonia Moth - Hodges#3218.1 (Sonia paraplesiana)

Species Sonia paraplesiana - Hebrew Sonia Moth - Hodges#3218.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hebrew Sonia - Sonia paraplesiana - male

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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 Olethreutinae

Tribe Eucosmini

Genus Sonia

Species paraplesiana (Hebrew Sonia Moth - Hodges#3218.1)

Hodges Number

3218.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sonia paraplesiana Blanchard, 1979 (1)

Size

Wingspan 12.5-17 mm. (1)

Identification

See Works Cited below. (1)

Range

Records from Illinois, Ohio and Maryland, south to Florida and Alabama. (2)

Holotype: ♂ Houston, Texas. (1)

See Also

S. constrictana differs from S. parapiesiana in that the outer margin of the FW is more concave between veins M1 and Cu1 and the apex is pointed. There is a small ocellus-like spot near the apex of the FW. On the better marked specimens, this spot is blackish and surrounded with yellowish brown. (1)

Print References

Blanchard, A., 1979. New Status for Epiblema minutana (Kearfott) and new species of Epiblema Hübner and Sonia Heinrich (Tortricidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 33(3): 184. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD Systems

André Blanchard (Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society)

Works Cited

1.	New Status for Epiblema Minutana (Kearfott) and New Species of Epiblema Hubner and Sonia Heinrich (Tortricidae) A. Blanchard. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 33(3), 1979, 179-188.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 29 December, 2012 - 10:05pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Randy Hardy
Last updated 2 April, 2019 - 8:23am

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