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Tortricidae
51a0436 – 3745   Platynota rostrana (Walker, 1863)
             Omnivorous Platynota
- © Carol Wolf - © Maury Heiman
Similar Species:
  • Platynota rostrana and P. flavedana are similar. The two species can be distinguished easily from each other by the scaling on the head - with a complex “hood” in rostrana, a simple one in flavedana - difficult to see well in photographs. See Platynota comparisons for larger photos and comparison with P. idaeusalis. ~ contributed by John Brown
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • rostrana (Walker, 1863) (Teras) - MONA 1983: 3745
  • connexana (Walker, 1863) (Teras)
  • repandana (Walker, 1863) (Teras)
  • saturatana (Walker, 1863) (Teras)
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Powell, J. A. & J. W. Brown, 2012. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 8.1: p. 122; pl. E.22-26. order or free PDF
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    Platynota rostrana
    - © Alan Chin-Lee
    Platynota rostrana
    - © Machele White
    Platynota rostrana
    - © Randy Newman
    Platynota rostrana
    © Carol Wolf
    Platynota rostrana
    - 15mm – © Jim Vargo
    Platynota rostrana
    - 16mm – © Jim Vargo
    Platynota rostrana
    - 20mm – © Mississippi Entomological Museum
    Platynota rostrana
    - 19mm – © U. S. National Museum
    Platynota rostrana
    - 20mm – © U. S. National Museum
    Platynota rostrana
    © George Smiley LG
    on Quercus nigra - 19mm
    Platynota rostrana
    © George Smiley LG
    in Oxalis dillenii - 4mm
    Platynota rostrana
    © George Smiley LG
    on Euonymus americana - 9mm
    Platynota rostrana
    © George Smiley LG
    on Euonymus americana - 16mm
    Platynota rostrana
    © Machele White

    Platynota rostrana
    © George Smiley LG
    9mm

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