Species Pelochrista bolanderana - Hodges#3029

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Pelochrista bolanderana (Walsingham, 1879) (1)

Eucosma bolanderana (Walsingham, 1879)

Paedisca bolanderana Walsingham, 1879 (2)

Wingspan 19 mm. (2)

Records throughout California, the Southwestern States and Colorado. (3)

Type locality: Mount Shasta, California. (2)

Larval host is hoary tansyaster (Machaeranthera canescens). (4)

Pelochrista agassizii, P. bolanderana, and P. gilletteana are all closely related based on BOLD. As of 2015, the BIN cluster here, containing P. agassizii, also contains samples identified as P. bolanderana, and P. gilletteana. The nearest BIN here, less than 2% away, contains samples identified as P. bolanderana and P. gilletteana.

Pelochrista agassizii - "This species is nearly allied to "Conchylis " agassizii, Rob. (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 284), but differs from it in the absence of the costal spot near the base, and of the circular white costal dot beyond the middle, moreover in the white median streak being more abruptly angulated and situated somewhat more towards the costa. The dorsal margin also is not white beyond the middle, as in Robinson's species." (2)

Walsingham, Lord. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4: 42; pl. 69, fg.10 (2)

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Images at Tortricid.net here and here (USNM Collection) (6)