Archips argyrospila, the fruit-tree leafroller moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of the United States and southern Canada. The length of the forewings is 6-10.2 mm for males and 8.5-11.7 mm for females. Adults have a variable forewing colour consisting of combination of reddish brown, dark brown and tan. Adults are on wing from mid May to July in one generation per year. The larvae feed on a wide range of plants and are considered a pest on apples and pears.Bug Guide Recorded host plants include: Medicago, Malus, Prunus, Taxodium distichum, Phaseolus, Vaccinium, Betula, Acer negundo, Aesculus, Ceanothus, Cercocarpus, Citrus, Quercus, Eriodictyon, Vitis, Crataegus, Carya, Gleditsia triacanthos, Humulus, Syringa, Avena, Allium, Maclura pomifera, Pyrus, Rheum, Sassafras and Juglans species. First instar larvae bore into the buds of their host plant. Later instars roll or tie leaves together or tie them to fruit. They feed on the leaves, flowers, buds or fruits of the host plant. Pupation takes place within the larval shelter.Archips argyrospila - Fact Sheet
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Archips argyrospila has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens120
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections184
Countries3
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus104 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 98% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 15 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)1.1%
Haplotypes22
BIN1
Most divergent pair2.1%
N.America
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type3 133 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 434
Museum / vouchered699
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 872 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy86% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 379≤1 km 323≤10 km 75>10 km 206
1 983 georeferenced · 451 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 434
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy19% within 1 km
≤100 m 24≤1 km 38≤10 km 242>10 km 20
324 georeferenced · 375 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence699
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions11 of 30 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
St. Paul, US
116
Vernal, US
111
East Lansing, US
101
New Haven, US
87
Mississippi State, US
54
San Diego, US
51
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
35
Philadelphia, US
26
San Francisco, US
17
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
16
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
11
Georgia Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
10
University of California, Davislocation not on record
8
University of Guelphlocation not on record
7
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
6
OSUClocation not on record
4
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
3
US
3
Decorah, US
3
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
2
Cambridge, US
2
Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
2
Research Collection of Daniel Handfieldlocation not on record
2
IAWlocation not on record
1
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
1
King Saud Universitylocation not on record
1
SOVTlocation not on record
1
CUlocation not on record
1
Washington State Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodeslocation not on record
1
30 institutions · 684 of 699 vouchered records shown · 15 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA184 detections
Where the DNA of Archips argyrospila was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found184
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median18.5 °C 14.4–22.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.4 °C
Max temp (day)24.5 °C 19.9–29.7
Min temp (night)13.6 °C 9.80–18.2
Precipitation66.2 mm/mo 2.90–137
Air humidity57.9 % 45.6–61.3
Moisture balance-77.5 mm/mo -179–-29.2
Vapour deficit950 Pa 634–1,249
Wind speed2.50 m/s 1.70–5.80
Cloud cover35.4 % 17.4–43.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 143 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
