''Archips purpuranus'', the omnivorous leafroller moth, is a species of
moth of the family
Tortricidae. It is found in most of eastern North America.
The length of the forewings is 8.5–11 mm for males and 10.5–12.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year in most of the range.
The larvae are
polyphagous
Feeding is the process by which organisms, typically animals, obtain food. Terminology often uses either the suffixes -vore, -vory, or -vorous from Latin ''vorare'', meaning "to devour", or -phage, -phagy, or -phagous from Greek φαγε ...
and have been recorded feeding on the foliage of a large range of plants, including ''
Rhus
Sumac ( or ), also spelled sumach, is any of about 35 species of flowering plants in the genus ''Rhus'' and related genera in the cashew family (Anacardiaceae). Sumacs grow in subtropical and temperate regions throughout the world, including Eas ...
'', ''
Erigeron annuus
''Erigeron annuus'' (formerly ''Aster annuus''), the annual fleabane, daisy fleabane, Ann Fowler Rhoads and Timothy A. Block, Ill. Ann Anisko, ''Plants of Pennsylvania'', 2nd ed, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. pp. 923. or eastern daisy f ...
'', ''
Solidago'', ''
Betula'' (including ''
Betula papyrifera'' and ''
Betula populifolia
''Betula populifolia'' (gray or grey birch) is a deciduous tree native to eastern North America.
Range
It ranges from southeastern Ontario east to Nova Scotia, and south to Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with disjunct populations in Indiana, Vi ...
''), ''
Viburnum
''Viburnum'' is a genus of about 150–175 species of flowering plants in the moschatel family Adoxaceae. Its current classification is based on molecular phylogeny. It was previously included in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae.
The membe ...
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Cornus canadensis'', ''
Sedum'', ''
Sempervivum'', ''
Vaccinium'', ''
Lupinus'', ''
Quercus macrocarpa'', ''
Geranium
''Geranium'' is a genus of 422 species of annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as geraniums or cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in ...
'', ''
Ribes'', ''
Sassafras'', ''
Maianthemum racemosum'', ''
Fraxinus
''Fraxinus'' (), common name, commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of Subtropics, subtropic ...
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Fragaria
''Fragaria'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits. There are more than 20 described species and many hybrids and cultivars. The most common strawberries grown com ...
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Malus'', ''
Prunus'' (including ''
Prunus pensylvanica'' and ''
Prunus virginiana''), ''
Rubus'' (including ''
Rubus plicatus
''Rubus plicatus'' is a species of blackberry native to Europe.
Taxonomy
The type specimen of the genus ''Rubus'' was selected from among Linnaeus's specimens by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Addison Brown in 1913 as a herbarium specimen labelled ' ...
''), ''
Spiraea'', ''
Populus tremuloides'', ''
Salix'', ''
Mandragora'', ''
Tilia americana
''Tilia americana'' is a species of tree in the family Malvaceae, native to eastern North America, from southeast Manitoba east to New Brunswick, southwest to northeast Oklahoma, southeast to South Carolina, and west along the Niobrara River to ...
'' and ''
Viola'' species. They reach a length of 20–30 mm when full grown.
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References
Moths described in 1865
purpuranus
Moths of North America
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