Archips fervidana

Oak webworm moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Archips
Species:
A. fervidana
Binomial name
Archips fervidana
Synonyms
  • Lozotaenia fervidana Clemens, 1860
  • Tortrix palludana Beutenmuller, 1892
  • Tortrix paludana Robinson, 1869

Archips fervidana, the oak webworm moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Maine and Quebec to North Carolina, west to Wisconsin and Arkansas.[3]

Damage

The wingspan is 18–25 mm.[4]

The larvae feed on Carya and Quercus species.

References

  1. ^ tortricidae.com
  2. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
  4. ^ "Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Index". Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2011-09-07.


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