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Species Eucosma paragemellana - Hodges#3052.2

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 paragemellana (Eucosma paragemellana - Hodges#3052.2)

Hodges Number

3052.2

Size

forewing length ~6.4 mm (1)

Range

two disjunct populations: one along Gulf Coast from Mississippi to western end of Florida Panhandle and the other in southern coastal North Carolina (1)

Season

April to early September (1)

See Also

Eucosma gemellana is similar but appears to be limited to Florida and is significantly larger at ~9.3 mm FWL (1)
Eucosma circulana is uniformly darker on basal half of forewing and lacks pale costal streak (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.Eucosma Hübner of the contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini)
Donald J. Wright & Todd M. Gilligan. 2015. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Fascicle 9.4.
Contributed by Steve Morris on 10 May, 2023 - 9:47pm

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