Biology:Sparganothis distincta

Short description: Species of moth

Sparganothis distincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Sparganothis
Species:	S. distincta
Binomial name
Sparganothis distincta (Walsingham, 1884)
Synonyms
Oenectra distincta Walsingham, 1884 Sparganothis putmanana Freeman, 1940 Sparganothis solidana Freeman, 1941 Sparganothis salinana McDunnough, 1961

Sparganothis distincta, the distinct sparganothis moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America from Kansas and Ohio northeast to Maine and New Brunswick, south to Florida and west to Texas , Arizona and Utah.

The wingspan is 22–23 mm.

The larvae are leaf tiers of Solidago species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14367931 entry