Synalocha gutierreziae
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Synalocha gutierreziae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Synalocha |
Species: | S. gutierreziae
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Binomial name | |
Synalocha gutierreziae J.A. Powell, 1985[1]
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Synalocha gutierreziae is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the United States in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico.[2]
The length of the forewings is about 6.5-7.9 mm for males and 6.5-10.5 mm for females. Adult males are on wing in October and November. There are multiple generations per year.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Gutierrezia sarothrae and Gutierrezia microcephalum.[3] Pupation occurs in tied leaves of their host plant.
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- ^ Powell, J.A., 1985: Discovery of two new species and genera of shaggy Tortricids related to Synnoma and Niasoma (Tortricidiae: Sparganothini). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 24 (1): 61-71. Full article: [1].