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Species Eucosma glomerana - Hodges#3051

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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 (circulana group)
Species glomerana (Eucosma glomerana - Hodges#3051)
Hodges Number
3051
Explanation of Names
Eucosma glomerana (Walsingham, 1879)
Paedisca glomerana Walsingham, 1879 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #620741
Numbers
Specific epithet from Latin glomerans meaning "congregated" for the congregation of tiny "black dots" within the "ocellated spot" on the forewings, more apparent in the published illustration or spread specimens than in photos of living moths. (2), (1)
Size
Wingspan 25 mm. (1)
Identification
Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)
Range
Records throughout the Midwest, west to Missouri and Colorado, south to Oklahoma and Louisiana, none from the East or West Coasts. (3)
Type locality: Texas. (1)
Print References
Walsingham, Lord. 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 4: 49; Pl.71, f.8. (1)
Works Cited
1.North-American Torticidae
Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.
2.Explanation of terms used in entomology
John Bernardh Smith. 1906. Brooklyn Entomological Society.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group