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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Grapholitini » Ecdytolopha » Ecdytolopha nigrita - Hodges#3495.3 (Ecdytolopha nigrita)

Species Ecdytolopha nigrita - Hodges#3495.3

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · 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 Grapholitini

Genus Ecdytolopha

Species nigrita (Ecdytolopha nigrita - Hodges#3495.3)

Hodges Number

3495.3

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ecdytolopha nigrita Brown, 2017 (1)

Explanation of Names

"The specific epithet refers to the black forewing color, i.e., 'nigra,' and the small size of the species, the diminutive 'ita'" (1).

Size

FWL: 6.0-7.1 mm (1)

Identification

"Ecdytolopha nigrita is distinguished superficially from all other congeners by a combination of its small size and nearly uniform dark brown forewing, with the exception of a contrasting whitish blotch in the tornus" (1).

Range

This species is "known from the mountain ranges of southern Arizona (i.e., Baboquivari, Santa Rita, and Chiricahua Mountains), from about 1450–1970m elevation; it is likely that it ranges south into northern Mexico" (1).

Habitat

"Oak forest occasionally mixed with a few pines and junipers, interspersed with riparian habitat" (1).

Season

Records from late June to August (1).

Food

Unknown (1).

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of Two New Species of Ecdytolopha Zeller, 1875 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae)... John W. Brown, Alicia E. Timm. 2017. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 119(1): 9-17.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 24 June, 2018 - 3:11pm
Last updated 25 June, 2018 - 9:55pm

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