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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Pseudexentera » Pseudexentera costomaculana - Hodges#3257 (Pseudexentera costomaculana)

Species Pseudexentera costomaculana - Hodges#3257

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Pseudexentera
Species costomaculana (Pseudexentera costomaculana - Hodges#3257)
Hodges Number
3257
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pseudexentera costomaculana (Clemens, 1860)
Anchylopera costomaculana Clemens, 1860 (1)
Exentera costomaculana
Batodes bipustulana Walker, 1863 (2)
Phylogenetic sequence #621165
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet means "costal maculation" for the "costal somewhat triangular patch." (1)
Size
Wingspan 13-18 mm. (3)
Range
Records from Indiana east to Quebec and Maine, south to Florida and east Texas. (4), (1)
Food
Larval host is witchhazel (Hamamelis). (5)
See Also
Pseudexentera virginiana (Clemens, 1864)
Print References
Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 349. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Brackenridge Clemens (Wikipedia)
Works Cited
1.Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6.
Brackenridge Clemens. 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 345-362.
2.List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVII - Crambites & Tortricites.
Francis Walker. 1863. British Museum (Natural History), p.1-286.
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.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
Contributed by tom murray on 29 May, 2007 - 6:52am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 4 December, 2017 - 8:34pm

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