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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Pelochrista » ridingsana group (Pelochrista ridingsana group) » Snakeweed Borer - Hodges#3014 (Pelochrista ridingsana)

Species Pelochrista ridingsana - Snakeweed Borer - Hodges#3014

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 (ridingsana group)
Species ridingsana (Snakeweed Borer - Hodges#3014)
Hodges Number
3014
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pelochrista ridingsana (Robinson, 1869) (1)
Conchylis ridingsana Robinson, 1869
Eucosma ridingsana (Robinson, 1869)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet in honor of collector James Ridings (1803-1880), founder of the Philadelphia Entomological Society and one of the first to collect in the Colorado Territory.
Size
Robinson (1869) listed a wingspan of 23 mm.
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 7.5-13 mm. (2)
Identification
Robinson (1869) original description as Conchylis ridingsana is online and linked in the print references.
Range
Found throughout most of the western two-thirds of North America. (3)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Types: Colorado Territory (James Ridings).
Season
The main flight period is July to October. (4)
Food
Larva bore into broom snakeweed, Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby. (5)
See Also
Pelochrista fernaldana which is similar but has reddish ground color

Pelochrista griselda is also a western species and can be difficult to separate based upon maculation according to MONA Fascicle 9-5, however griselda generally flies earlier from March to June (4)
Pelochrista argentifurcatana can be difficult to separate based upon maculation, however it is generally found east of the Mississippi River. (4)

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Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group
Print References
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States. Ohio Biological Survey: 103.135. (6)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 15, fig. 23-24; p. 134. (2)
Robinson, C.T., 1869. Notes on American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomology Society 2: 285.
Internet References
Moth Photoghraphers Group (3)
Tortricidae.com
Moths of North Dakota
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Coleman Townsend Robinson (Wikipedia)
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.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Pelochrista Lederer of the Contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini)
Donald J. Wright & Todd M. Gilligan. 2017. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Fascicle 9.5.
5.Larval host plant records of Asteraceae root-feeding Eucosmini in California and adjacent states (Tortricidae)
J. A. Powell, P. A. Opler . 2006. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 60(4): 189-193.
6.Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide
Gilligan, Todd M., Donald J. Wright, and Loran D. Gibson. 2008. Ohio Biological Survey, P.O. Box 21370, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0370.
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 August, 2009 - 10:31am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin, Steve Morris
Last updated 6 August, 2023 - 6:41pm

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