Kingdom Animalia Family Tortricidae Genus Sparganothis Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Sparganothis, Sparganothis sulfureana, Platynota flavedana, Butterflies and moths, Argyrotaenia pinatubana | ||
Sparganothis distincta, the distinct sparganothis moth, is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. 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
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