Platynota flavedana: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Tortricidae
- Genus
- Platynota
- Species
- Platynota flavedana
- Scientific Name
- Platynota flavedana
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Platynota flavedana
Platynota flavedana, the black-shaded platynota moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the United States from Minnesota to Maine, south to North Carolina and west to Arizona.
The length of the forewings is 5-6.5 mm for males and 6-8.5 mm for females.
The larvae feed on various plants and have been recorded on Acer, Eupatorium, Helianthus, Dianthus caryophyllus, Helianthemum, Hypericum perforatum, Rhododendron, Trifolium, Sassafras, Gossypium hirsutum, Gossypium thurberi, Fragaria, Prunus persica, Rosa and Citrus species.
...Platynota flavedana in languages:
- English
- Black-shaded Platynota Moth
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Platynota blanchardi
- Platynota calidana
- Platynota colobota
- Platynota exasperatana
- Platynota flavedana
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- Platynota idaeusalis
- Platynota labiosana
- Platynota larreana
- Platynota nigrocervina
- Platynota obliqua
- Platynota restitutana
- Platynota rostrana
- Platynota semiustana
- Platynota stultana
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