Aethes spartinana

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]

Aethes spartinana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aethes
Species:
A. spartinana
Binomial name
Aethes spartinana
Synonyms
  • Phalonia spartinana Barnes & McDunnough, 1916

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. A single larva generally feeds on a series of consecutive spikelets. Later, they tunnel into the stem of their host plant.[4]

References
  1. Tortricid.net
  2. "620118.00 – 3761.1 – Aethes spartinana – (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  3. Savela, Markku. "?Aethes spartinana (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  4. 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.


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