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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 » pulveratana group (Pelochrista pulveratana group) » Pelochrista consobrinana - Hodges#3133 (Pelochrista consobrinana)

Species Pelochrista consobrinana - Hodges#3133

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

3133 Eucosma consobrinana - Pelochrista consobrinana

Tortricidae: Eucosma? - Pelochrista consobrinana

Tortricidae: Eucosma seamansi? - Pelochrista consobrinana

Tortricidae: Eucosma seamonsi? - Pelochrista consobrinana

Pelochrista consobrinana - Hodges#3133 - Pelochrista consobrinana

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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 (pulveratana group)

Species consobrinana (Pelochrista consobrinana - Hodges#3133)

Hodges Number

3133

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pelochrista consobrinana (Heinrich, 1923) (1)

Eucosma consobrinana Heinrich, 1923 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence #620914

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin consobrina meaning "cousin, relation" for its relationship to "pulveratana Walsingham, of which it may prove to be a variety." (2)

Size

Forewing length: ♂ 5.3–7.7 mm, ♀ 5.5–7.3 mm. (3)

Range

Mississippi River to the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains and from South Dakota to southern Texas and Mississippi. (3)

Types: Elk Point, Union Co., SD (C.N. Ainslie, Aug., 1913); Sioux City, IA (C.N. Ainslie).

Season

Two flights in Texas from March–April and September–November. Midwest records are mostly August. (3)

See Also

Pelochrista pulveratana - is generally a little smaller (forewing length average 6.4 vs. 7.6 mm).

Print References

Heinrich, C. 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 128-129. (2)

Wright, D.J. 2011. Review of the Eucosma pulveratana (Walsingham) species group, with descriptions of eight new species (Tortricidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 65(2): 101–118 (PDF) (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Carl Heinrich (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.	Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.

3.	Review of the Eucosma pulveratana (Walsingham) species group, with descriptions of eight new species (Tortricidae). Donanld J. Wright. 2011. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 65(2): 101–118.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 25 September, 2009 - 3:23pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 19 December, 2017 - 10:23am

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