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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 » dorsisignatana group (Pelochrista dorsisignatana group) » Coastal Pelochrista - Hodges#3116.2 (Pelochrista oraria)

Species Pelochrista oraria - Coastal Pelochrista - Hodges#3116.2

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

Triangle-backed Pelochrista - Pelochrista oraria

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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

No Taxon (dorsisignatana group)

Species oraria (Coastal Pelochrista - Hodges#3116.2)

Hodges Number

3116.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pelochrista oraria Wright, 2011 (1)

Eucosma oraria Wright, 2011

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin orarius meaning "coastal."

Size

Forewing mean length: 10.8 mm (2)

Identification

Similar to Pelochrista dorsisignatana and Pelochrista similiana, dark mark in median area of forewing is separated from dark subbasal facia but reaches apex. (2)

Range

Atlantic seaboard. (2)

See Also

Pelochrista dorsisignatana - dark mark in median area of forewing is separated from dark subbasal facia and dark subapical mark

Pelochrista similiana - dark mark in median area of forewing is connected to dark subbasal facia

(Paraphrased from Wright, 2011 (2))

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

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.	A new species of Eucosma Hübner (Tortricidae) related to E. dorsisignatana (Clemens) and E. similiana (Clemens) Donald J. Wright. 2011. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 65(3): 175–180.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 3 October, 2015 - 7:48am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 13 July, 2020 - 2:20am

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