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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Cochylini » Henricus » Henricus umbrabasana - Hodges#3801 (Henricus umbrabasana)

Species Henricus umbrabasana - Hodges#3801

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

Henricus umbrabasanus - Henricus umbrabasana

Henricus umbrabasanus - Hodges #3777 - Henricus umbrabasana

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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 Tortricinae

Tribe Cochylini

Genus Henricus

Species umbrabasana (Henricus umbrabasana - Hodges#3801)

Hodges Number

3801

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Henricus umbrabasana (Kearfott, 1908)

Commophila? umbrabasana Kearfott, 1908 (1)

Henricus umbrabasanus (misspelling)

Number 3777 in the 1983 Hodges Checklist.

Phylogenetic Sequence # 620162

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "shaded basal area," for the forewing "basal sixth ... brown, with a blueish iridescent hue in certain lights." (1)

Size

Wingspan 14-20 mm. (1)

Forewing length 6-8 mm, females slightly larger than males. (2)

Identification

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

Specimens identified by DNA analysis:

Range

Pacific states from coast to middle elevations of the Sierra Nevada. (2)

Described specimens: San Diego, California, May 6 (W.S. Wright); Colfax, Placer County, California, December (A.H. Vachell); Alameda County, California, June 17 (G.R. Pilate). (1)

Food

Larvae feed on oak leaves. (2)

Print References

Kearfott, W.D., 1908. New North American Tortriciae and Tineina. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 16(3): 180. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

William D. Kearfott (1864-1917)

Works Cited

1.	New North American Tortricidæ and Tineina W. D. Kearfott. 1908. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 16: 167-188.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by tom murray on 26 January, 2008 - 10:20pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 21 November, 2023 - 9:35am

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