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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fruitworm Moths (Carposinoidea) » Tropical Fruitworm Moths (Copromorphidae) » Lotisma » Lotisma trigonana - Hodges#2312 (Lotisma trigonana)

Species Lotisma trigonana - Hodges#2312

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

1088b Lotisma trigonana 2312 - Lotisma trigonana

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Carposinoidea (Fruitworm Moths)

Family Copromorphidae (Tropical Fruitworm Moths)

Genus Lotisma

Species trigonana (Lotisma trigonana - Hodges#2312)

Hodges Number

2312

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lotisma trigonana (Walsingham, 1879)

Sciaphila trigonana Walsingham, 1879 (1)

Hemerophila kincaidiella Busck, 1904

durangoensis Heppner, 1986

kincaidiella (Busck, 1904)

Phylogenetic sequence #480001

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "triangles," for the "triangular costal patch" on the forewings. (1)

Size

Forewing length 7.5-11.5 mm. (2)

Wingspan 14-22 mm.

Identification

Adult - forewing brown with pale diagonal stripe that may enlarge to include base as pale triangle, and with apical half usually pale brown; hindwing pale brown [description by Ross Arnett].

Range

Pacific Coast, from Alaska to Costa Rica (Gaither, 1993).

Season

Adults may be found any time of year in California.

Food

Larvae feed on salal (Gaultheria shallon) and sometimes cranberry (Vaccinium).

Print References

Gaither, J.C., 1993. Verification of the occurrence of Lotisma trigonana (Copromorphidae) in Alaska. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 47(4): 328

Walsingham, T. de Grey. 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 4: 22, Pl.65, f.7. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Thomas de Grey Walsingham (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	North-American Torticidae Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.

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

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 March, 2008 - 7:50pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 November, 2017 - 6:19pm

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