Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epiblema sosana (Kearfott, 1907)
Eucosma sosana Kearfott, 1907
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Eucosma pelina Meyrick, 1912
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Phylogenetic sequence #621075
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 "barbarous" practice.
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(2)Range
Widespread in the Great Basin, Utah to eastern California, with a pale, almost white, form with pale grey markings in the sand dunes of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts.
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Types: Stockton, UT (Spalding
(5), May 23d-Aug 2d).
Food
Goeden & Ricker (1975) reared them on
flatspine bur ragweed (
Ambrosia acanthicarpa), and "probable
Epiblema sosana" on
silver bur ragweed (
Ambrosia chamissonis) and
weakleaf bur ragweed (
Ambrosia confertiflora) in southern California.
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(6)See Also
Can be superficially distinguished from pale form of
Epiblema strenuana by having more white scaling distal to the basal patch and the dorsal patch in
sosana sometimes extends to the costa.
(5)Print References
Goeden, R.D. & D.W. Ricker. 1975. The Phytophagous Insect Fauna of the Ragweed, Ambrosia confertiflora, in Southern California. Environmental Entomology 4(2): 301–306
Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New North American Tortricidae.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1):
32 (1)Contributed by
Kyhl Austin on 13 August, 2017 - 10:25pm
Additional contributions by
Randy HardyLast updated 15 December, 2017 - 3:53pm