Arotrophora

Taxobox
name = "Arotrophora"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Ditrysia
superfamilia = Tortricoidea
familia = Tortricidae
genus = "Arotrophora"
genus_authority = Meyrick
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

"Arotrophora" is a genus of tortrix moth. They occur in Australia, where they are strongly associated with the plant family Proteaceae. All of the known larvae bore in "Banksia" flower spikes.

Taxonomy

The genus was first published by amateur entomologist Edward Meyrick.

It is currently placed in subfamily Tortricinae (although most entomologists now consider this an unnatural groupcite web | url = http://www.tortricidae.com/morphology.asp | accessdate = 2007-05-16 | title = Morphology and Taxonomy | work = tortricid.net] ), and in the tribe Cnephasiini, although it is quite different from Northern Hemisphere genera placed in that tribe.cite book | author = Common, Ian Francis Bell | year = 1990 | title = Moths of Australia | publisher = Melbourne University Press | id = 0-522-84326-3]

It is closely related to genera including "Peraglyphus" and "Syllomatia"; together, these genera are sometimes referred to as the "Arotrophora" group.

Species of "Arotrophora" include:cite web | url = http://www.tortricidae.com/ | accessdate = 2007-05-16 | title = Database search: Arotrophora | work = tortricid.net]
* "A. amorpha"
* "A. anemarcha"
* "A. arcuatalis" (Banksia Boring Moth)
* "A. diadela"
* "A. ericirra"
* "A. euides"
* "A. hemiplecta"
* "A. labyrinthodes"
* "A. ochraceellus"
* "A. pantoeodes"
* "A. polypasta"
* "A. sinocosma"These species are all Australian, although one also occurs in Papua.

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