Three-streaked Sparganotis(Sparganothis tristriata)

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three-streaked Sparganothis Photo by Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Archive, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Bugwood.org Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta) Order: Lepidoptera Family: Tortricidae Genus: Sparganothis Species: tristriata Scientific Name Sparganothis tristriata Kearfott

Contents 1 Description 2 Food 3 Life Cycle 4 Comments 5 References

Description

Yellowish to grayish green body with mostly light orange head. Head with brown spot near stemmata; prothoracic shield with light gray anterior margin and with curved, dark brown lateral margin. Faint, dark green middorsal stripe and broader subdorsal stripe; pair of offset, pale spots above subdorsal stripe on most segments. Up to 15 mm.

Food

Jack, pitch, and red pines; less commonly balsam fir, common juniper, eastern larch, eastern white pine, spruces, and possibly other conifers.

Life Cycle

Probably one generation in New England. Overwintering stage unknown. Mature caterpillar present from July to September.

Comments

The biology of this species is poorly known. Several other species of Sparganothis pass the winter as partly grown caterpillars.

References

Maier, C.T., C.R. Lemmon, J.M. Fengler, D.F. Schweitzer, and R.C. Reardon. 2004. Caterpillars on the Foliage of Conifers in the Northeastern United States. FHTET-2004-1. Morgantown, WV: USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team; 151 p.