Other Common Names
Golden-glow Borer (Thompson, 1928).
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epiblema carolinana (Walsingham, 1895)
Paedisca carolinana Walsingham, 1895
Paedisca (?)
carolinana Walsingham, 1895
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Eucsoma carolinana
Phylogenetic sequence #621087
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the type location (North Carolina).
(1)Size
Forewing length 8.5-11 mm.
(3)Range
Moth Photographers Group – distribution & flight-period chart
Type locality: North Carolina (
Morrison).
(1) Note: Powell & Opler (2009) states that any of Morrison's specimens labeled "North Carolina almost certainly originated elsewhere."
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Heinrich (1923) examined a specimen from New Brighton, PA (
Merrick, VIII-13-'07, reared from
Rudbeckia).
(2)Food
Larvae feed in the flowers and bore in the stems and roots of
coneflower (
Rudbeckia, Asteraceae), including
cutleaf coneflower (
Rudbeckia laciniata).
(5)Print References
Gilligan, T.M., D.J. Wright & L.D. Gibson 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States.
Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey 16(2): p.123.185
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Miller, W.E. 1987. Guide to the Olethreutine Moths of Midland North America (Tortricidae).
USDA Handbook 660: 58
(3)
Thompson, R.W. 1928. The Golden-glow Borer (
Epiblema carolinana, Walsingham).
Annual Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario 58: 73-75 (
abstract)
Walsingham, Lord. 1895. New Species of North American Tortricidae.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1895:
509.
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