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Sparganothis diluticostana

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Sparganothis diluticostana
Sparganothis diluticostana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Sparganothis
Species:
S. diluticostana
Binomial name
Sparganothis diluticostana
Synonyms
  • Cenopis diluticostana Walsingham, 1879
  • Cenopis quercana Fernald, 1882

Sparganothis diluticostana, the spring dead-leaf roller, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America 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]

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