Species Platynota wenzelana - Hodges#3744

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

Perhaps Platynota wenzelana? - Platynota wenzelana - female

Arizona Moth - Platynota wenzelana - female

Arizona Moth - Platynota wenzelana - 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 Tortricinae

Tribe Sparganothini

Genus Platynota

Species wenzelana (Platynota wenzelana - Hodges#3744)

Hodges Number

3744

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Platynota wenzelana (Haimbach, 1915)

Amorbia wenzelana Haimbach, 1915 (1)

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of naturalist and insect collector Henry W. Wenzel (1857-1925) of Philadelphia, who collected the first specimens. (1)

Size

Wingspan 29 mm. (1)

Range

Holotype female: Miller's Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, July, 1907 (H.A. Wenzel & H.A. Kaeber). (1)

Remarks

BOLD:AAH9330 (AZ)

Print References

Haimbach, F., 1915. New Heterocera. Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 26: 324. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Frank Haimbach (1859-1930)

Works Cited

1.	New Heterocera (Lep.). Frank Haimbach. 1915. Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 26: 321-325.

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 3 January, 2013 - 8:33pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 11 January, 2022 - 3:20pm

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