Sorensenata

Sorensenata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Genus: Sorensenata
Salmon & Bradley, 1956
Species:
S. agilitata
Binomial name
Sorensenata agilitata
Salmon & Bradley, 1956

Sorensenata is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae. It contains only one species, Sorensenata agilitata, Sorenson's agile moth, which is found in New Zealand, where it has been recorded from Campbell Island.

The wingspan of the males is 18 mm. Adults have been recorded in September and October.

The larvae possibly feed on Poa litorosa.

References

  1. ↑ Gilligan, T. M.; Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W.; Tuck, K. R. "Sorensenata species". www.tortricidae.com. tortricid.net. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W. & Gilligan, T. M. "Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae". Tortricidae.com. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
  3. ↑ Morris, Rod. "Rod Morris Nature Photography: agilitata". www.rodmorris.co.nz. SmugMug. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Salmon, J. T.; Bradley, J. D. (1956). "Lepidoptera from the Cape expedition and Antipodes Islands". Rec. Dom. Mus. Wellington. 3 (1): 61–81 – via BUGZ.

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