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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Diedra » Cockerell's Moth - Hodges#3630 (Diedra cockerellana)

Species Diedra cockerellana - Cockerell's Moth - Hodges#3630

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

Cockerell's Moth - Hodges#3630 - Diedra cockerellana

Cockerell's Moth - Hodges#3630 - Diedra cockerellana - female

Diedra cockerellana - Cockerell's Moth - Hodges#3630 ? - Diedra cockerellana

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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 Tortricinae

Tribe Archipini

Genus Diedra

Species cockerellana (Cockerell's Moth - Hodges#3630)

Hodges Number

3630

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Diedra cockerellana (Kearfott, 1907)

Tortrix cockerellana Kearfott, 1907 (1)

Argyrotaenia cockerellana

placed in genus Diedra in 1999 by Rubinoff & Powell

Phylogenetic sequence #620291

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet in honor of entomologist Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866–1948), who collected some of the first specimens.

Size

Kearfott (1907) listed the wingspan 21-24 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - forewing yellowish-brown covered by series of connected semicircular loops; two loops near middle of wing have black margin and white filling.

Range

Much of United States plus southern Ontario.

Lectotype male from Colorado, Garfield Co., Glenwood Springs. (1)

Habitat

Adults are nocturnal and come to light.

Season

The main flight period appears to be July to October.

See Also

Diedra wielgusi is similar but is apparently restricted to southwestern states (e.g. Arizona) - see photo of specimen by Todd Gilligan

Print References

Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 71. (1)

Rubinoff, D. & J.A. Powell. 1999. Description of Diedra, new genus (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Archipini), and three new species, based on phylogenetic analysis. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92(4): pp. 473-487. (abstract)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

pinned adult image from Colorado (Todd Gilligan, tortricidae.com)

2 specimen records in California plus locations and dates (U. of California at Berkeley)

William D. Kearfott (1864-1917)

Works Cited

1.	New North American Tortricidae. William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 August, 2005 - 12:52pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 25 January, 2018 - 10:32am

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