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Species Eucosma ferruginana - Hodges#2915

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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 (radiatana group)
Species ferruginana (Eucosma ferruginana - Hodges#2915)
Hodges Number
2915
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucosma ferruginana (Fernald, 1882) (1)
Semasiaa ferruginana Fernald, 1882 (2)
Phaneta ferruginana
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet means "ferruginous" for the "ferruginous brown" forewings and thorax. (2)
Size
Wingspan 13-19 mm. (2), (3)
Range
Records from Illinois, Quebec and New Brunswick, south to Tennessee. (4)
Type locality: New Hampshire. (3)
Print References
Fernald, C.H., 1882. Descriptions of new species of Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 72. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcoding Life
Charles H. Fernald
Works Cited
1.Revised world catalogue of Eucopina, Eucosma, Pelochrista, and Phaneta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini)
Todd M. Gilligan, Donald J. Wright. 2013. Zootaxa 3746(2): 301–337.
2.Descriptions of new species of Tortricidae.
Charles Henry Fernald. 1882. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 65-72.
3.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.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 2 August, 2005 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 December, 2017 - 4:20pm

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