Aethes rana

Aethes rana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Aethes
Species:	A. rana
Binomial name
	Aethes rana; (Busck, 1907)[1][2]
Synonyms
	Phalonia rana Busck, 1907; Phalonia funesta Meyrick, 1912;

Aethes rana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by August Busck in 1907. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania.[3]

The wingspan is 16–18 millimetres (0.63–0.71 in). Adults are on wing from July to September. The forewings are whitish ocherous, strongly suffused with dark fuscous and with blackish-brown markings. The hindwings are ocherous fuscous.[4]

References

Tortricidae.com
Moth Photographers Group
Aethes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Busck, A. (1907). "A review of the tortricid subfamily Phaloniinae with descriptions of new American species". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 15 (1): 22.

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[1] Tortricidae.com

[2] Moth Photographers Group

[3] Aethes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[4] Busck, A. (1907). "A review of the tortricid subfamily Phaloniinae with descriptions of new American species". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 15 (1): 22.