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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Crocidosema » Lantana Flower-Cluster Moth - Hodges#3279 (Crocidosema lantana)

Species Crocidosema lantana - Lantana Flower-Cluster Moth - Hodges#3279

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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 Crocidosema
Species lantana (Lantana Flower-Cluster Moth - Hodges#3279)
Hodges Number
3279
Other Common Names
Lantana Tortricid Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Crocidosema lantana Busck, 1910
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the host plant genus.
Size
Wingspan 10-11 mm (Busck, 1910).
Mature larva to 6 mm. (1)
Identification
Larva - fuscous colored with a slight reddish tinge. (1)
Range
Native to Mexico and the southern United States (1)
Distribution & Flight-period Chart(2)
Type locality: Tantalus, Oahu, Hawaii (O.H. Sweezy).
Food
Larvae feed in pods of Bignonia chrysantha and in flower heads, on berries and also bore in tender twigs of Lantana species. It also feeds in the stem of litchi and in the terminal twigs of Tecoma stans. (1)
Print References
Busck, A., 1910. New Central-American microlepidoptera introduced into the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 12(3): 132.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – images of pinned adults (2)
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (3)
Wikipedia - brief description (1)
August Busck (1870-1944)
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 1 December, 2015 - 6:05pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Sexton, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 November, 2021 - 9:55pm

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