Species Amorbia emigratella - Hodges#3750.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Amorbia emigratella from coastal Texas - Amorbia emigratella

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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 emigratella (Amorbia emigratella - Hodges#3750.1)

Hodges Number

3750.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Amorbia emigratella Busck, 1909

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin emigratus meaning "emigrated." Busck noted that it is "has long been known to the writer from Mexico and has undoubtedly been introduced from that country to Hawaii within comparatively recent years."

Size

Forewing length: Males 8.0-11.0 mm, females 11.5-12.0 mm. (1)

Range

Introduced to Hawaii. Originating from Mexico and Central America it reaches into the the southern United States (Texas, Arizona). (1), (2)

Type locality: Tantalus and Makiki, Oahu, Hawaii (Otto H. Swezey).

Food

Highly polyphagous. Larvae are leafrollers and a pest on many cultivated crops, including avocado, beans, blackberry, broccoli, cocoa, corn, eggplant, gorse, guava, macadamia, orange, papaya, peanut, sweetpotato, and tomato. (1)

Print References

Busck, A., 1909. A new tortricid of economic importance in the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 11: 201.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

LBAM ID (1)

August Busck (1870-1944)

Works Cited

1.	LBAM ID - tools for diagnosing light brown apple moth and related western U.S. leafrollers - Epiphyas postvittana (Walker).

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 3 January, 2013 - 7:42pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 February, 2018 - 9:14am

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