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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Adoxophyes » Adoxophyes furcatana - Hodges#3690 (Adoxophyes furcatana)
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Shimmering Adoxophyes Moth - Adoxophyes furcatana
Copyright © 2014 Jeff Trahan

Shimmering Adoxophyes Moth - Adoxophyes furcatana
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 9, 2014
First Louisiana record in BG.
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Contributed by Jeff Trahan on 9 August, 2014 - 1:21pm
Last updated 22 February, 2016 - 11:19am

Moved
Moved from Shimmering Gold Adoxophyes.
… Jason J. Dombroskie, 22 February, 2016 - 11:19am login or register to post comments

 
Thank You
There is a lot of sycamore in this area.
… Jeff Trahan, 23 February, 2016 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

Are you sure about this, it i
Are you sure about this, it is more likely A. furcatana.
… Jason J. Dombroskie, 12 November, 2014 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

 
What is it?
What is it that you see that makes it look more like A. furcatana?
… Jeff Trahan, 12 November, 2014 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

 
I've been looking at a lot of
I've been looking at a lot of specimens of this pair and they are not as clear-cut as I'd like. Basically reared specimens are the best way to determine what species it is. So if you have sycamore (Platanus spp.) there, it should be A. furcatana and if you have Manitoba Maple (A. negundo) it should be A. negundana. Of course these host plants broadly overlap in range so it is often a tough call. I so far have not found consistent differences in the genitalia of these two, despite what Freeman 1965 says. What does hold up though is the specimens with the broadest median bands and fewest strigulations are A. negundana and the converse make them A. furcatana. Intermediate individuals are tough to call and yours is one of those, though I lean towards A. furcatana because of the heavy strigulations.
… Jason J. Dombroskie, 15 November, 2014 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

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