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Species Phtheochroa riscana - Hodges#3822

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Tortricid - Phtheochroa riscana moth - Phtheochroa riscana Phtheochroa riscana 3822 [T] - Phtheochroa riscana Pennsylvania Moth - Phtheochroa riscana 3822 - Phtheochroa riscana Tortricinae, dorsal - Phtheochroa riscana Phtheochroa riscana
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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 Tortricinae
Tribe Cochylini
Genus Phtheochroa
Species riscana (Phtheochroa riscana - Hodges#3822)
Hodges Number
3822
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phtheochroa riscana (Kearfott, 1907)
Hysterosia riscana Kearfott, 1907 (1)
Hysterosia vincta Meyrick, 1912 (2)
Number 3802 in the 1983 Hodges Checklist.
Phylogenetic sequence #620185
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet is part of a series of Kearfott names originating from various alphabetical rhyming schemes with no meaning, often derided by subsequent authors as "nonsense names." See Brown (2001) for a humorous take on this "barbaric" practice. (3), (2)
Size
Wingspan 14-20 mm. (4)
Identification
Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)
Range
Records from Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario. (1)
See Also
In Olethreutes merrickana "the edge forming the dark apical area ... is straight and in Phtheochroa riscana at upper third turns, goes toward costa vertically, making a hump at that point." (1)
Print References
Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New micro-lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist. 39(3): 122.(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
William D. Kearfott (1864-1917)
Works Cited
1.New micro-leidoptera
W.D. Kearfott. 1907. The Canadian Entomologist 39(1-6): 1-9, 53-60, 77-84, 121-128, 153-160, 211-212.
2.On some impossible specific names in micro-lepidoptera.
Edward Meyrick. 1912. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 48: 32-36.
3.Presidential address, 2000: Nomenclatural nonsense - flying in the face of a farcical code.
John W. Brown. 2001. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 55(1): 1-7.
4.Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Canada
Razowski, J. 1997. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 40(1):107-163.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by tom murray on 3 August, 2007 - 2:41am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Randy Hardy
Last updated 27 December, 2018 - 3:23pm

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