Species Pelochrista argentialbana - Hodges#3038

3038

Pelochrista argentialbana (Walsingham, 1879)

Paedisca argentialbana Walsingham, 1879

Pelochrista agricolana argentialbana (Walsingham, 1879) (1)

Steganoptycha ochreana Clemens, 1865

Eucosma pergandeana Fernald, 1905

Phylogenetic sequence #621035

Pelochrista argentialbana (Walsingham, 1879), treated as a subspecies of 3037 Pelochrista agricolana (Walsingham, 1879) in the Hodges 1983 Checklist, is raised to full species status. The subspecies Pelochrista argentialbana britana (McDunnough, 1927) is now as synonym of 3037 Pelochrista agricolana (Walsingham, 1879). Pelochrista smithiana (Walsingham, 1895), listed as 3038 in the 1983 Hodges Checklist, is a synonym of 3037 Pelochrista agricolana (Walsingham, 1879). MONA Fascicle 9.5: 37-39.

The identities of the two taxa were essentially flipped in MONA Fascicle 9.5.

Wingspan 13-20 mm. (2)

Genitalia:

TL: USA, Oregon, Douglas Co., Umpqua River.

Larvae feed on common wormwood (Artemisia vulgaris) and presumably other species of wormwood in Utah and Texas, where A. vulgaris doesn't occur. (3)

Walsingham, 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4: 42; pl. 70, fig. 4. (2)

Moth Photographers Group (4)

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