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Species Eucosma ochroterminana - Buff-tipped Eucosma - Hodges#2929

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Olethreutinae
Tribe Eucosmini
Genus Eucosma
No Taxon (parmatana group)
Species ochroterminana (Buff-tipped Eucosma - Hodges#2929)
Hodges Number
2929
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucosma ochroterminana (Kearfott, 1907) (1)
Thiodia ochroterminana Kearfott, 1907 (2)
Phaneta ochroterminana
Phylogenetic sequence #620835
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet ochroterminana is Latin meaning "ochreous ends," referring to the ochreous cilia and the ochreous scales "scattered along the termen." (2)
Size
Wingspan 11.0-14.5 (3)
Identification
Range
Eastern half of the United States from Tennessee northward, and adjacent Canada. (4)
Type locality: Monctlair, New Jersey (Kearfott, 20 Aug.). (3)
Syntypes: Rounthwaite, Manitoba (L.E. Marmont(5), Jul.).
Montreal, Quebec (A.F. Winn, 15 Aug.).
New Brighton, PA; Winchenden, MA (F.A. Merrick, 6-10 Aug.).
Chicago, IL (J.H. Reading, Sep.).
Nicholson, PA (A.E. Lister, 5 Aug.).
Plummer's Island, MD. (A. Busck, 10 Aug.).
Essex County, NJ (Kearfott, 26 Aug.).
Season
Adults have been recorded on Block Island, RI, from mid-August to late September.(6)
Print References
Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New micro-lepidoptera. The Canadian entomologist. 39(2): 57. (2)
Works Cited
1.Revised world catalogue of Eucopina, Eucosma, Pelochrista, and Phaneta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini)
Todd M. Gilligan, Donald J. Wright. 2013. Zootaxa 3746(2): 301–337.
2.New micro-leidoptera
W.D. Kearfott. 1907. The Canadian Entomologist 39(1-6): 1-9, 53-60, 77-84, 121-128, 153-160, 211-212.
3.Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae
Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of British Columbia, Canada.
Pohl, G.R., Cannings, R.A., Landry, J.-F., Holden, D.G., Scudder, G.G.E., . 2015. Entomological Society of British Columbia. 308 p.
6.Block Island Moths
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems