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Species Eucosma spiculana - Hodges#2971

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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 Eucosma
No Taxon (spiculana group)
Species spiculana (Eucosma spiculana - Hodges#2971)
Hodges Number
2971
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucosma spiculana (Zeller, 1875)
Grapholitha spiculana Zeller, 1875 (1)
Eucosma argenticostana (Walsingham, 1879) (2)
Semasia argenticostana Walsingham, 1879 (3)
Phaneta argenticostana
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin spicula meaning "a little spike."
Size
Wingspan 15 mm. (4)
Range
Type locality: Dallas, Texas. (1), (4)
Food
Larval food includes seedheads of white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana gnaphalodes)
Print References
Walsingham, 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4: 61. pl. 73, fig.4 (3)
Wright & Gilligan, 2015. (5)
Zeller, P.C., 1875. Contributions to the knowledge of the North American moths, especially the microlepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna, 25:289. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Illinois Wildflowers - larval food information
Works Cited
1.Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren, vol. 3.
Phillip Christoph Zeller. 1875. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.
2.Revised world catalogue of Eucopina, Eucosma, Pelochrista, and Phaneta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini)
Todd M. Gilligan, Donald J. Wright. 2013. Zootaxa 3746(2): 301–337.
3.North-American Torticidae
Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.
4.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.
5.Eucosma Hübner of the contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini)
Donald J. Wright & Todd M. Gilligan. 2015. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Fascicle 9.4.
Contributed by Abigail Parker on 27 September, 2009 - 11:43am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 25 April, 2023 - 9:37pm

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