Aethes baloghi Sabourin & Metzler, 2002
Aethes baloghi: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/6159
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Aethes baloghi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aethes
Species:
A. baloghi
Binomial name
Aethes baloghi
Sabourin & Metzler, in Sabourin, Miller, Metzler & Vargo, 2002[1][2]

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.

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

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The species is named in honor of George J. Balogh.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Tortricidae.com
  2. ^ Moth Photographers Group
  3. ^ Aethes at funet
  4. ^ "Revised identities and new species of Aethes from midwestern North America (Tortricidae)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 56. BioStor: 216–233. 2002.