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Species Sparganothis tunicana - Hodges#3713

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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 tunicana (Sparganothis tunicana - Hodges#3713)

Hodges Number

3713

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sparganothis tunicana (Walsingham, 1879)

Dichelia tunicana Walsingham, 1879 (1)

Dichelia californiana Walsingham, 1879 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #620407

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from the entomological term "tunicate" (each successive joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one) describing the palpi "projecting beyond the head scarcely more than its length; the apical joint depressed." (2), (1)

Size

Forewing length 5.5-9.5 mm. (3)

Wingspan 16 mm. (1)

Identification

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

Range

Powell & Opler lists British Columbia to Idaho, Nevada and central California. (3) MPG records include Montana. (4)

Syntypes (3 ♂ , 2 ♀): Lake County, California, May 10th, 1871. (5), (1)

Food

Larval hosts are composites (Compositae). (6)

Print References

Walsingham, Lord. 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 4: 20; Pl.65, f.1. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Lord Walsingham (1843-1919)

Works Cited

1.	North-American Torticidae Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.

2.	Explanation of terms used in entomology John Bernardh Smith. 1906. Brooklyn Entomological Society.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Gilligan, T. M., J. Baixeras, J. W. Brown & K. R. Tuck. 2014. T@RTS: Online, World Catalogue of the Tortricidae.

6.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 3 January, 2013 - 8:11pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 10 February, 2018 - 4:41pm

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