Argyrotaenia montezumae (Walsingham, 1914)

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 : 412

41. Argyrotaenia montezumae (Walsingham, 1914) ( Fig. 16 ).

Tortrix impositana Walsingham, 1914 , a junior synonym of A. montezumae , was described from a female collected at Senahú, Department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala (NHMUK), but this species is much more widespread and common in collections from the mountainous parts of the U.S. as far north as Colorado, south through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica (NHMUK, CNC, USNM, VBC). Also, a single specimen of this species, apparently reared from orange ( Citrus ; Rutaceae ), was cited from Honduras by Obraztsov (1961). Reported host plants include Rubus species ( Rosaceae ) (Lopez et al. 2014), Parthenium hysterophorus L. ( Asteraceae ) ( McClay et al. 1995), Pinus montezumae Lamb. ( Robinson et al. 2010) , Pinus hartwegii Lindl. (= Pinus rudis Endl. ) ( Robinson et al. 2010), Lilium longiflorum var. eximium (Courtois) Baker ( Liliaceae ) (USNM), Persea americana Mill. ( Lauraceae ) ( Gilligan et al. 2011, USNM), and Eupatorium species ( Asteraceae ) (USNM). This broadly polyphagous habit, including conifers and herbaceous monocots and dicots, is not unusual for species of Archipini.

Specimens examined: Honduras: Dept. Francisco Morazán, Reserva Biol. Uyuca , 14.0352, -87.0753, 1 May 2021 (3 adults), 1700 m, E. van den Berghe ( EAP) . Dept. Olancho, La Muralla Centro de visit., 1421 m, 15.0821, -86.7410, 8–10 May 2021 (2 adults), blacklight, E. van den Berghe ( EAP) . Dept. Francisco Morazán, Reserva Biol. Uyuca , 21 Sep 2019 (1 adult), E. van den Berghe ( EAP) . Dept. Cortés, Cerro Cusuco, Cusuco N. P., 1600 m, 15.4962, - 88.2117, 13–15 May 2021 (1 adult), blacklight, E. van den Berghe ( EAP) .

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).