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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 Sparganothini

Genus Coelostathma

Species discopunctana (The Batman Moth - Hodges#3747)

Hodges Number

3747

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coelostathma discopunctana Clemens, 1860 (1)

Tortrix discopunctana

Amphisa discopunctana

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "discal (cell) dot," for the "black point on the disk" of the forewings. (1)

Common name from the dark forewing makings that sometimes resemble the logo of the comic book hero Batman.

Size

Wingspan 11-15 mm. (2)

Identification

Males do not have a costal fold

Genitalia:

Range

Records from the eastern half of the United States and Canada, south into Mexico and the Caribbean. (2), (3)

Type locality: Pennsylvania.

Print References

Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 355. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD Systems

Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867)

Works Cited

1.	Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Brackenridge Clemens. 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 345-362.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Tineina, Pterophorina, Orneodina, Pyralidina and Hepialina (part). Lord Walsingham. 1915. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera 4: 1-482.

Contributed by tom murray on 28 August, 2005 - 7:59am
Additional contributions by cotinis, anitagould, Mike Quinn, Nick Block, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 21 June, 2024 - 11:15am

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