Sparganothis diluticostana

Sparganothis diluticostana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Sparganothis
Species: S. diluticostana
Binomial name
Sparganothis diluticostana
(Walsingham, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cenopis diluticostana Walsingham, 1879
  • Cenopis quercana Fernald, 1882

Sparganothis diluticostana, the Spring Dead-leaf Roller, is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Quebec to Florida, west to Texas and Nebraska and north to Minnesota and Ontario.[2]

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Fraxinus species.[3]

References

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