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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 » cataclystiana group (Pelochrista cataclystiana group) » Solidago Pelochrista - Hodges#3142 (Pelochrista cataclystiana)

Species Pelochrista cataclystiana - Solidago Pelochrista - Hodges#3142

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Unknown Tortricidae - Pelochrista cataclystiana A Phaneta sp. - Pelochrista cataclystiana Tortricidae: Eucosma cataclystiana - Pelochrista cataclystiana Solidago Pelochrista - Hodges#3142 - Pelochrista cataclystiana solidago pelochrista - Pelochrista cataclystiana Pelochrista cataclystiana Pelochrista cataclystiana Pelochrista cataclystiana
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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 (cataclystiana group)
Species cataclystiana (Solidago Pelochrista - Hodges#3142)
Hodges Number
3142
Other Common Names
Solidago Eucosma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pelochrista cataclystiana (Walker, 1863) (1)
Paedisca cataclystiana Walker, 1863 (2)
Eucosma cataclystiana
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin cataclysmus meaning "deluge, flood, inundation."
Numbers
There are more than 168 named species of Eucosma in America north of Mexico. (3)
Size
Wingspan about 16 mm. (3)
Identification
Adult: forewing mostly orangish-brown with short pale oblique streaks along costa, and pale whitish T or Y shape projecting from outer margin into subterminal area near anal angle; hindwing pale gray.

Range
New Brunswick to Florida, west to New Mexico, north to Illinois and Ontario.
Season
Adults have been recorded from early June to late September on Block Island, RI, possibly with a single extended flight peaking in August with highly asynchronous emergences.(4)
Food
Larvae feed on goldenrod (Solidago spp.)
Print References
Walker, F. 1863. Tortricites & Tineites. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 28: 378. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Francis Walker (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.List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII – Tortricites and Tineites
Francis Walker. 1863. British Museum (Natural History), p.287-561.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Block Island Moths
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 2 October, 2005 - 6:39pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, anitagould, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 14 June, 2022 - 6:44pm

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