Species Sparganothis taracana - Hodges#3702

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

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 taracana (Sparganothis taracana - Hodges#3702)

Hodges Number

3702

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sparganothis taracana Kearfott, 1907 (1)

Sparganothis procax Meyrick, 1912 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence #620400

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is part of a series of Kearfott names originating from various alphabetical rhyming schemes with no meaning, often derided by subsequent authors as "nonsense names." See Brown (2001) for a humorous take on this "barbarous" practice. (3), (2)

Size

Wingspan 13.5-20 mm. (1)

Identification

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

Range

Southeastern United States. (4)

Print References

Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 66. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

William D. Kearfott (1864-1917)

Works Cited

1.	New North American Tortricidae. William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.

2.	On some impossible specific names in micro-lepidoptera. Edward Meyrick. 1912. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 48: 32-36.

3.	Presidential address, 2000: Nomenclatural nonsense - flying in the face of a farcical code. John W. Brown. 2001. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 55(1): 1-7.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 3 January, 2013 - 8:01pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 10 February, 2018 - 2:45pm

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