Aethes spartinana

Aethes spartinana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aethes
Species: A. spartinana
Binomial name
Aethes spartinana
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Phalonia spartinana Barnes & McDunnough, 1916

Aethes spartinana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts and South Dakota.[3]

The wingspan is 19–23 mm. 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]

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