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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Crocidosema » Crocidosema longipalpana - Hodges#3274.2 (Crocidosema longipalpana)

Species Crocidosema longipalpana - Hodges#3274.2

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

New BG Tortricid - Crocidosema longipalpana

Crocidosema plebejana? - Crocidosema longipalpana

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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 Crocidosema

Species longipalpana (Crocidosema longipalpana - Hodges#3274.2)

Hodges Number

3274.2

Other Common Names

Litchi Bud Moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Crocidosema longipalpana (Möschler, 1891)

Grapholitha longipalpana Möschler, 1891

Crocidosema litchivora Baixeras, 2001

Phylogenetic sequence #621186

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet means "long palps." Möschler notes that it "stands out for the strikingly long, strongly bent palps."

Range

Distribution & Flight-period Chart (1)

Remarks

Crocidosema litchivora was synonymized with Crocidosema longipalpana by Baixeras after discovering the type specimen for the latter in a collection in Germany. The synonymy was published in the World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5. (see note 13) (2)

Print References

Baixeras, J. in Brown, Pea, Vazquez & Baixeras, 2002. Description of a new tortricid pest (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of litchi (Litchi chinensis) in Florida, with a review of tortricid pests of litchi worldwide. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 104(2): 319

Möschler, H.B. 1891. Die Lepidopteren-Fauna der Insel Portorico. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 16: 333.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Holotype for C. litchivora at the Smithsonian National History Museum website

Heinrich Benno Möschler

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 3 March, 2011 - 4:17pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 13 December, 2017 - 8:14pm

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