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Aethes interruptofasciata

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Aethes interruptofasciata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aethes
Species:
A. interruptofasciata
Binomial name
Aethes interruptofasciata
(Robinson, 1869)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Conchylis interruptofasciata Robinson, 1869
  • Phalonia aureana Busck, 1907
  • Phalonia sublepidana Kearfott, 1907

Aethes interruptofasciata is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin.[3] The habitat consists of deciduous forest openings and blueberry thickets.

The length of the forewings is 4.7–7 millimetres (0.19–0.28 in). Adults have been recorded on wing from May to August, probably in multiple generations per year.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Tortricidae.com
  2. ^ Moth Photographers Group
  3. ^ Aethes at funet
  4. ^ "Revised identities and new species of Aethes from midwestern North America (Tortricidae)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 56: 216–233. 2002.