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Boldly-marked Archips Moth (Archips dissitana)

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Archips dissitanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Archips
Species:
A. dissitanus
Binomial name
Archips dissitanus
(Grote, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix (Ptycholoma) dissitana Grote, 1879
  • Archips dissitana

Archips dissitanus, the boldly-marked archips moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta to Nova Scotia and south to Minnesota and North Carolina in the Appalachian Mountains.[2] The habitat consists of boreal forests.

The wingspan is about 24 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-June to late August.

The larvae feed on Abies balsamea[3] and Picea glauca.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "ARCHIPS". Tortricid.net.
  2. ^ "Archips dissatana – 3666". Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi Entomological Museum at the Mississippi State University.
  3. ^ "Species Page - Archips dissitana". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014.
  4. ^ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum.