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Species Pelochrista sandiego - Hodges#3023

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth for ID - Pelochrista sandiego Moth for ID - Pelochrista sandiego
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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 sandiego (Pelochrista sandiego - Hodges#3023)
Hodges Number
3023
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pelochrista sandiego (Kearfott, 1908) (1)
Eucosma sandiego Kearfott, 1908 (2)
Eucosma sandiegana Meyrick, 1912 (3)
Phylogenetic sequence #621027
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet is from the locality of some of the first specimens. (2)
Size
Kearfott (1908) listed the wingspan. (2)
♂ 25-27 mm.
♀ 27-28 mm.
Identification
Kearfott (1908) original description. (2)
Range
Arizona and southern California.
Type specimens from San Diego, California, September 15-29. (2)
Food
Powell & Opler (2006) reared them from the roots of alkali goldenbush (Isocoma acradenia) and Menzies' goldenbush (Isocoma menziesii). (4)
See Also
Eucosma ridingsana
Kearfott (1908) states
"This species is closer to ridingsana Rob. than any other of the silvery spotted Eucosma's; it can be separated by the median line, which in ridingsana is continuous from base to beyond middle of wing; the silvery costal streak, on inner half of wing (absent on male fold) of ridingsana is entirely absent in sandiego; the terminal line of dots of sandiego is also a distinguishing mark. There is a certain amount of variation in the spots of sandiego as in ridingsana, in fact in both species, seldom are the two wings replicas of each other. The occurrence of both sexes of both the brown and ochreous form is interesting and if there were not such uniformity in the spots and markings I would be inclined to think there were two races." (2)
Note: The silvery costal streak, on inner half of wing mentioned by Kearfott (1908) as being absent in sandiego is present in the pinned photo by Todd M. Gilligan @ Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Kearfott, W.D.,1908. New North American Tortricidæ and Tineina. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 16: 172. (2)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 15, fig. 16. (5)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (6)
Tortricidae.com
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
William D. Kearfott (Wikipedia)
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 North American Tortricidæ and Tineina
W. D. Kearfott. 1908. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 16: 167-188.
3.On some impossible specific names in micro-lepidoptera.
Edward Meyrick. 1912. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 48: 32-36.
4.Larval host plant records of Asteraceae root-feeding Eucosmini in California and adjacent states (Tortricidae)
J. A. Powell, P. A. Opler . 2006. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 60(4): 189-193.
5.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 September, 2014 - 9:31am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 3 December, 2017 - 2:21pm

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