Image Number: 5572557

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Descriptor:
Larva(e)
Description:
Possible first documented case of the omnivorous leafroller using European birthwort as a host- specimen found wild in Pelham Pay Park. Highly unusual host choice given the poisonous nature of the plant and the fact that this particular Lepidopteran is not a pipevine specialist.
Image type:
Field

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Image location:
, Bronx, New York

Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Tortricoidea
Family: Tortricidae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Tribe: Archipini
Genus: Archips
Subject: Archips purpurana (Clemens)

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Aristolochiales
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Genus: Aristolochia
Subject: Aristolochia clematitis L.
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Image uploaded:
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Image last updated:
Thursday, July 19, 2018