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Species Pelochrista rosaocellana - Hodges#3148.2

Eucosma salaciana - Pelochrista rosaocellana Eucosma salaciana - Pelochrista rosaocellana Hodges#3148.2 - Pelochrista rosaocellana - male Hodges#3148.2 - Pelochrista rosaocellana - male Hodges#3148.2 - Pelochrista rosaocellana - male Hodges#3148.2 - Pelochrista rosaocellana - male Hodges#3148.2 - Pelochrista rosaocellana - female Hodges#3148.2 - Pelochrista rosaocellana - female
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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 (palabundana group)
Species rosaocellana (Pelochrista rosaocellana - Hodges#3148.2)
Hodges Number
3148.2
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pelochrista rosaocellana (Knudson, [1987])
Eucosma rosaocellana Knudson, [1987]
Explanation of Names
The species epithet rosaocellana refers to the pinkish ocelloid patch near the anal angle of the forewing
Numbers
The palabundana group includes palabundana, salaciana and rosaocellana
Range
Central Great Plains. [cite:1636722,58]
Holotype: Gene Howe Wildlife Management Area, Hemphill Co., TX.
See Also
Pelochrista palabundana - upper Midwest. [cite:1636722,58]
Pelochrista salaciana - southern Texas. [cite:1636722,58]
Print References
Gilligan & Wright, 2013. (1)
Knudson, E.C., 1986. New species of olethreutine moths (Tortricidae) from Texas and Louisiana. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 40(4): 322-326.
Wright & Gilligan, 2017: 60. [cite:1636722,60]