radiatana group

Classification · Explanation of Names · Works Cited

moth that looks like burned wood - Eucosma essexana

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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 radiatana group

Explanation of Names

This group represents a complex of nine species with similar forewing maculation and genitalia whose relationships have never been satisfactorily resolved (1).

Included species:

Eucosma radiatana (Walsingham, 1879)

Eucosma albertana (McDunnough, 1925)

Eucosma essexana (Kearfott, 1907)

Eucosma awemeana (Kearfott, 1907)

Eucosma indeterminana (McDunnough, 1925)

Eucosma umbrastriana (Kearfott, 1907)

Eucosma ferruginana (Fernald, 1882)

Eucosma formosana (Clemens, 1860)

Eucosma altana (McDunnough, 1927)

Works Cited

1.	Eucosma Hübner of the contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini) Donald J. Wright & Todd M. Gilligan. 2015. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Fascicle 9.4.

Contributed by tom murray on 26 May, 2007 - 9:10pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Kyhl Austin, Blocky
Last updated 1 January, 2022 - 9:57pm

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