Aethes spartinana
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Aethes |
| Species: | A. spartinana
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Aethes spartinana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1916. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts and South Dakota.[3]
The wingspan is 19–23 millimetres (0.75–0.91 in). Adults have been recorded on wing in January and from July to September.
The larvae feed on Spartina pectinata. They bore though the glumes and feed on the florets inside.[4]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Aethes spartinana.
- ^ Tortricid.net
- ^ "620118.00 – 3761.1 – Aethes spartinana – (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "?Aethes spartinana (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- ^ Jarrad R. Prasifka; D.K. Lee; Jeffrey D. Bradshaw; Allen S. Parrish; Michael E. Gray (March 2012). "Seed Reduction in Prairie Cordgrass, Spartina pectinata Link., by the Floret-Feeding Caterpillar Aethes spartinana (Barnes and McDunnough)". BioEnergy Research. 5 (1): 189–196. doi:10.1007/s12155-011-9120-z.