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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Chlidanotinae » Thaumatographa » Psychedelic Jones Moth - Hodges#3751 (Thaumatographa jonesi)

Species Thaumatographa jonesi - Psychedelic Jones Moth - Hodges#3751

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

Psychedelic Jones Moth - Hodges#3751 - Thaumatographa jonesi

Psychedelic Jones Moth - Thaumatographa jonesi

Hodges #3751 - Psychedelic Jones Moth - Thaumatographa jonesi

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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 Chlidanotinae

Genus Thaumatographa

Species jonesi (Psychedelic Jones Moth - Hodges#3751)

Hodges Number

3751

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Thaumatographa jonesi (Brower)

Hilarographa jonesi Brower, 1953

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of Dr. Frank Morton Jones (1869-1962), well known for his work on Psychidae, and collector of some of the first specimens.

Size

Wingspan 12-14 mm.

Identification

The striking color pattern is the primary diagnostic character for this species, especially its infusion of red and orange. Related species are much duller. 1

Range

e. US (LA-FL-MA-OH) - Map (MPG)

Habitat

Have been collected near pine forests (Hepner 1982)

Season

Jun-Nov. (1)

Food

Host plant records for T. jonesi, as well as other moths in the tribe Hilarographini, are rare and usually weird (see Heppner, 1982). Other Thaumatographa species have been reared from the cambium of Pinus. 1

Remarks

Like other moths in subfamily Chlidanotinae, T. jonesi is a day-flyer.

Print References

Brower, A.E. 1953. Three new species of Microlepidoptera (Olethreutidae, Glyphipterygidae and Yponomeutidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 46: 95-98. (abstract)

Hepner, J.B. 1982. Synopsis of the Hilarographini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of the World. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 84(4): 704-714. (705)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Auburn Edmond Brower (d.1994, 93YO)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 20 September, 2007 - 12:43am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 15 January, 2018 - 11:39am

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