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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 » dorsisignatana group (Pelochrista dorsisignatana group) » Triangle-backed Pelochrista - Hodges#3116 (Pelochrista dorsisignatana)

Species Pelochrista dorsisignatana - Triangle-backed Pelochrista - Hodges#3116

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6016078 moth - Pelochrista dorsisignatana moth - Pelochrista dorsisignatana Triangle-backed Pelochrista - Pelochrista dorsisignatana 620930 – 3116 – Pelochrista dorsisignatana – Triangle-backed Eucosma - Pelochrista dorsisignatana unknown moth - Pelochrista dorsisignatana triangle-backed pelochrista - Pelochrista dorsisignatana Pelochrista dorsisignatana Moth observed 11-4-2020 11:06 pm southwest Hamilton County, Texas - Pelochrista dorsisignatana Pelochrista dorsisignatana
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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 (dorsisignatana group)
Species dorsisignatana (Triangle-backed Pelochrista - Hodges#3116)
Hodges Number
3116
Other Common Names
Triangle-backed Eucosma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pelochrista dorsisignatana (Clemens, 1860) Gilligan & Wright, 2013 (1)
Poecilochroma dorsisignatana Clemens, 1860
Eucosma dorsisignatana
Phylogenetic sequence # 095550
Explanation of Names
DORSISIGNATANA: from the Latin "dorsum" (the back) + "signum" (a mark); refers to the large dark mark on the moth's back - the "back" in this case meaning the midline where the forewings meet over the abdomen when the moth is at rest
Size
wingspan 12-22 mm
Identification
Adult: forewing ash-gray to brown with faint whitish lines; dark brown patch on inner margin near base; larger paler brown median patch bordered by costa and PM line; markings reduced or absent in some specimens
[description by Charles Covell]
Range
Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas, north to Manitoba. (2), (3) , (4)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Most records of adults are from July to November. (5)
Food
larvae feed on roots of goldenrod (Solidago spp.)
See Also
Pelochrista similiana - dark mark in median area of forewing is connected to dark subbasal facia
Pelochrista oraria - dark mark in median area of forewing is separated from dark subbasal facia but reaches apex
(Paraphrased from Wright, 2011 (6))
Print References
Clemens, 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 12:353
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
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.South Carolina Moth Species
3.Moths of Dallas County, Texas
4.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.A new species of Eucosma Hübner (Tortricidae) related to E. dorsisignatana (Clemens) and E. similiana (Clemens)
Donald J. Wright. 2011. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 65(3): 175–180.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 2 October, 2005 - 3:48pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, anitagould, Maury Heiman, ceiseman
Last updated 24 September, 2024 - 10:59am

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