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Species Pelochrista costastriata - Hodges#3132.7

Representative Images

Tortricidae: Eucosma floridensis? - Pelochrista costastriata Tortricidae: Eucosma seamansi? - Pelochrista costastriata Tortricidae: Eucosma seamansi? - Pelochrista costastriata Eucosma seamansi - Pelochrista costastriata 3023196 tort - Pelochrista costastriata Hodges#3132.7 - Pelochrista costastriata - female Hodges#3132.7 - Pelochrista costastriata - male Hodges#3132.7 - Pelochrista costastriata
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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 (pulveratana group)
Species costastriata (Pelochrista costastriata - Hodges#3132.7)

Hodges Number

3132.7

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pelochrista costastriata (Wright, 2011)
Eucosma costastriata Wright, 2011 (1)

Explanation of Names

Formerly placed in the genus Eucosma (2)

Range

Great Plains: CO, MI, MT, TX, IN, WI, KS, IA, IL (1)

Season

Flight: July to mid-September (1)

See Also

Pelochrista mirosignata averages larger and is separated by genitalia and range. (1)
Other species in the Eucosma pulveratana (Walsingham) Species Group.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.Review of the Eucosma pulveratana (Walsingham) species group, with descriptions of eight new species (Tortricidae).
Donanld J. Wright. 2011. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 65(2): 101–118.
2.Revised world catalogue of Eucopina, Eucosma, Pelochrista, and Phaneta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini)
Todd M. Gilligan, Donald J. Wright. 2013. Zootaxa 3746(2): 301–337.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 12 September, 2018 - 3:48am
Last updated 12 September, 2018 - 5:34am

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