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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 » caniceps group (Pelochrista caniceps group) » Pelochrista canariana - Hodges#3013 (Pelochrista canariana)

Species Pelochrista canariana - Hodges#3013

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

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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 (caniceps group)

Species canariana (Pelochrista canariana - Hodges#3013)

Hodges Number

3013

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pelochrista canariana (Kearfott, 1907)

Eucosma canariana Kearfott, 1907 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #620906

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for the "canary-yellow" features of the moth. (1)

Size

Wingspan 28-34 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)

Range

Records from California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. (2), (1)

Described material: Stockton, UT (Tom Spalding, Aug, 1st to 11th); Utah (O.C. Poling, July); southwestern Colorado (W.G. Dietz, July 11th and 14th); Glenwood Springs, CO (W.G. Dietz, Aug,). Note: Kearfott lists "W.E. Dietz" for the Colorado specimens which is likely in error. For other descriptions in this paper he notes "W.G. Dietz" in Colorado.

Food

Powell & Opler (2006) reared them in Nevada from the roots of yellow rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) where the larvae had bored. (3)

Print References

Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 18. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

William D. Kearfott (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	New North American Tortricidae. William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Larval host plant records of Asteraceae root-feeding Eucosmini in California and adjacent states (Tortricidae) J. A. Powell, P. A. Opler . 2006. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 60(4): 189-193.

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 25 August, 2017 - 5:34pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 19 December, 2017 - 8:06am

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