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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Eucosma » circulana group (Eucosma circulana group) » Eucosma sombreana - Hodges#3127 (Eucosma sombreana)

Species Eucosma sombreana - Hodges#3127

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

Eucosma glomerana or sombreana? - Eucosma sombreana

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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 Eucosma

No Taxon (circulana group)

Species sombreana (Eucosma sombreana - Hodges#3127)

Hodges Number

3127

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eucosma sombreana Kearfott, 1905 (1)

Size

Wingspan 19-27 mm. (1), (2)

Identification

Adult - forewing brownish-gray, dusted with pale scales; faint, slightly paler oblique band in median area, bordered on both sides by diffuse dark shading, but showing little contrast against ground color (overall color fairly uniform); hindwing slightly paler than forewing, unmarked.

Genitalia:

Range

Records from eastern half of the United States and southern Ontario. (3)

Paratypes: Tryon, NC (Fiske, 14 Jul.); Chicago, IL (Kwiat(4)); Cincinnati, OH (Miss Braun, 2 Aug,); Scranton, PA (Lister, 26 Jul.); Plummers Island & Cabin John Bridge, MD (Busck, 1-10 Aug.); Montclair, NJ (Kearfott, 4 Aug.).

Food

Larval hosts are giant sunflower (Helianthus giganteus) and Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus). (2)

Print References

Kearfott, 1905. Descriptions of new species of tortricid moths from North Carolina, with notes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 28: 357. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

William D. Kearfott

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of new species of tortricid moths, from North Carolina, with notes William Dunham Kearfott. 1905. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 28(1398): 349-364.

2.	Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	A brief history of lepidopterology in Illinois. Roderick R. Irwin. 1972. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science 65: 45-49.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 15 February, 2008 - 8:01am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 9 August, 2024 - 10:29am

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