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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Pelochrista » Pelochrista serpentana - Hodges#3031 (Pelochrista serpentana)

Species Pelochrista serpentana - Hodges#3031

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Eucosma serpentana - Pelochrista serpentana

Tortricidae: Pelochrista serpentana - Pelochrista serpentana

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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 Pelochrista

Species serpentana (Pelochrista serpentana - Hodges#3031)

Hodges Number

3031

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pelochrista serpentana (Walsingham, 1895) (1)

Paedisca serpentana Walsingham, 1895 (2)

Eucosma serpentana (Walsingham, 1895)

Pelochrista ophionana (McDunnough, 1925)

Phylogenetic sequence #621032

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "serpentine" for the "sinuous bands" on the forewings. (2)

Size

Wingspan 16-20 mm. (3)

Range

Western US and Canada. (4)

Type locality: Loveland, Colorado (Smith, July, 1891). (2)

Print References

Walsingham, Lord. 1895. New Species of North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1895: 504. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Lord Walsingham

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.	XXI. New Species of North American Tortricidae. Lord Walsingham. 1895. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1895: 495-518.

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.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 24 February, 2011 - 3:08am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 20 December, 2017 - 3:55pm

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