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Species Cacocharis cymotoma - Hodges#2704

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · 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 Olethreutini
Genus Cacocharis
Species cymotoma (Cacocharis cymotoma - Hodges#2704)
Hodges Number
2704
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cacocharis cymotoma (Meyrick, 1917)
Argyroploce cymotoma Meyrick, 1917
Olethreutes canofascia Powell, 1995 (1)
Size
Wingspan about 13-14 mm (Meyrick, 1917).
Range
Florida, the Caribbean, Central America and much of South America. (1)
Holotype Male: British Guiana, Bartica (Parish, Jan 1913) (BMNH). (1)
Food
Larval host is the Tahitian gooseberry tree (Phyllanthus acidus). (2), (1)
Print References
Meyrick, 1917. Descriptions of South American microlepidoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1917: 26.
Internet References
North American Moth Photographers Group
Edward Meyrick (1854-1938)
Works Cited
1.Review of the Neotropical genus Cacocharis Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutini), with new synonymy and comments.
John W. Brown. 2008. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 110(3): 533-542.
2.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 28 August, 2009 - 6:36pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 31 December, 2017 - 12:43pm

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