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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 » crambitana group (Pelochrista crambitana group) » Pelochrista crambitana - Hodges#3011 (Pelochrista crambitana)

Species Pelochrista crambitana - Hodges#3011

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Orange-lined Moth - Pelochrista crambitana

Tortricidae: Pelochrista crambitana - Pelochrista crambitana

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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 (crambitana group)

Species crambitana (Pelochrista crambitana - Hodges#3011)

Hodges Number

3011

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pelochrista crambitana (Walsingham, 1879) (1)

Eucosma crambitana (Walsingham, 1879)

Paedisca crambitana Walsingham, 1879 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for its resemblance to another family of moths as "the insect reminds one curiously of a Crambus." (2)

Size

Forewing length: 11-16 mm (3).

Identification

"Broad costal, medial and dorsal silver stripes, the median one unbroken from base to apex" (3).

Range

"Occurs in the Great Basin from eastern Washington to Colorado and Arizona" (3).

Season

Adults on wing from August to September (3).

Food

Larvae have been found feeding on the roots of Ericameria nauseosa and Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus in California and Nevada (3).

Print References

Walsingham, 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4: 43. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)

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

Thomas de Grey Walsingham (Wikipedia)

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.	North-American Torticidae Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 5 December, 2015 - 3:57pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 2 December, 2017 - 8:22am

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