Aethes baloghi is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from New York, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Virginia.[3][not specific enough to verify] The habitat consists of prairie.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Aethes |
Species: | A. baloghi
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Binomial name | |
Aethes baloghi |
The length of the forewings is 4–6.8 millimetres (0.16–0.27 in). Adults are on wing from March to September, probably in multiple generations per year.
Etymology
editThe species is named in honor of George J. Balogh.[4]
References
editWikispecies has information related to Aethes baloghi.
- ^ Tortricidae.com
- ^ Moth Photographers Group
- ^ Aethes at funet
- ^ "Revised identities and new species of Aethes from midwestern North America (Tortricidae)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 56. BioStor: 216–233. 2002.