Argyrotaenia citharexylana (Zeller, 1866)

Passoa, Steven C., Brown, John W., Dombroskie, Jason J., Young, James D. & Berghe, Eric Van Den, 2025, Annotated list of the Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of Honduras, Zootaxa 5633 (3), pp. 401-434 : 411

35. Argyrotaenia citharexylana (Zeller, 1866) ( Fig. 13 ).

This charismatic and sometimes common species was described from Colombia but is also found in Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia (NHMUK, USNM, VBC). The immature stages are unknown.

Specimen examined: Honduras: Dept. Francisco Morazán, Tegucigalpa, La Tigre, 1800 m, 24 Aug 2000 (1 adult), V. Becker (VBC) . Another specimen of Argyrotaenia from Honduras appears to represent A. citharexylana . Unfortunately, the specimen is too worn for meaningful comparisons with photographs on iNaturalist, and identifications in this group on that website are suspect.

Specimen examined: Honduras, Dept. Francisco Morazán, [El] Zamorano, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana , 20 Sep 1981 (1 adult), S. Passoa ( CUIC) .

Figures

FIGURES 9–16. Tortricidae of Honduras.9, Netechma technema; 10, Seticosta rubicola (USNMENT02007082); 11, Thalleulia bisexta;12,Argyrotaeniaatima(USNMENT02007077);13,Argyrotaeniacitharexylana(USNMENT02007062);14,Argyrotaenia dichotoma; 15, Argyrotaenia dichroaca (USNMENT02007076); 16, Argyrotaenia montezumae (USNMENT02007056).