Sparganothoides hydeana

Sparganothoides hydeana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Sparganothoides
Species: S. hydeana
Binomial name
Sparganothoides hydeana
(Klots, 1936)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Sparganothis hydeana Klots 1936

Sparganothoides hydeana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from the mountains of Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico south to Puebla in Mexico. The habitat consists of coniferous forests, pinyon-juniper, oak-cottonwood, and willow-Rhus associations.

The length of the forewings is 10.4–11.7 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is brownish yellow to brown, with an indistinct pattern of orange, brownish orange and/or reddish brown scaling. The hindwings are yellowish grey to grey. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to September.

The larvae probably feed on a wide range of plants, but possibly prefer Quercus and Arctostaphylos species. They web the edges of the leaves of their host. They are reddish brown.[3]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Kruse, J.J.; Powell, J.A. 2009: Systematics of Sparganothoides Lambert and Powell, 1986 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini). Zootaxa, 2150: 1-78. Abstract & excerpt
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