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Species Sparganothis lycopodiana - Hodges#3697

Sparganothis lycopodiana -- #3697? - Sparganothis lycopodiana

Sparganothis lycopodiana ? - Sparganothis lycopodiana

Sparganothis lycopodiana - Hodges#3697 - Sparganothis lycopodiana - female

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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 Sparganothis

Species lycopodiana (Sparganothis lycopodiana - Hodges#3697)

Hodges Number

3697

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sparganothis lycopodiana (Kearfott, 1907)

Epagoge lycopodiana Kearfott, 1907 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #620391

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from host plant genus (Lycopodium). (1)

Size

Wingspan 12-16 mm. (2), (1)

Identification

Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)

Range

Records from northeast United States and southeast Canada. (2)

Food

Larvae reared from club moss (Lycopodium). (3), (1)

Remarks

It would appear that dissection is needed to separate this species from similar species. S. lycopodiana, tristriata, sulfureana, bistriata and robinsonana are all in the same BIN, BOLD:AAB7787, and the phenotypes do not consistently fall neatly into their own branches so it does not appear to that DNA barcode is useful. The lycopodiana phenotype clumps into two separate branches in the tree which are separated by branches containing tristriata and sulfureana. - Steve Nanz (2/3/2019).

Print References

Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New micro-leidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 39(1): 2 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

BOLD Systems (4)

William D. Kearfott (1864-1917)

Works Cited

1.	New micro-leidoptera W.D. Kearfott. 1907. The Canadian Entomologist 39(1-6): 1-9, 53-60, 77-84, 121-128, 153-160, 211-212.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 3 January, 2013 - 7:56pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 3 February, 2019 - 4:03am

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