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Species Phtheochroa riscana - Hodges#3822

Tortricid - Phtheochroa riscana - female

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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)

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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