Sparganothoides lugens is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from southern Mexico to Costa Rica.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Sparganothoides |
| Species: | S. lugens
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| Binomial name | |
| Sparganothoides lugens (Walsingham, 1913)[1]
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The length of the forewings is 8.1–9.2 mm for males and 8.8–11.1 mm for females. Adults are on wing from early June to mid-August in southern Mexico and in March and June in Costa Rica.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on various leaves and have been reared on lettuce.[2]
References edit
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- ^ tortricidae.com
- ^ Kruse, J.J.; Powell, J.A. 2009: Systematics of Sparganothoides Lambert and Powell, 1986 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini). Zootaxa, 2150: 1-78. Abstract & excerpt