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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Cochylini » Cochylis » Cochylis caulocatax - Hodges#3771 (Cochylis caulocatax)

Species Cochylis caulocatax - Hodges#3771

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

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Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Tortricinae

Tribe Cochylini

Genus Cochylis

Species caulocatax (Cochylis caulocatax - Hodges#3771)

Hodges Number

3771

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cochylis caulocatax Razowski, 1984 (1)

Identification

(Tentative ID by Michael Sabourin)

Range

Scattered United States records. (2), (3)

Heppner (2003) listed the range as Kentucky to Florida, Mississippi to Texas. (4)

Mexico to Venezuela. (4)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults are most common from March to October. (3)

Food

Eustoma grandiflorum (bluebells) (4)

See Also

I don't see how these two species can have the images separated, except possibly by range, DNA testing or dissection. (Bob Biagi 2025)

Nycthia pimana

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Cochylis caulocatax (Razowski) Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini: a redescription of the male with new ... Michael G. Pogue and Timothy P. Friedlander. 1987. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 95(2): 320-327.

2.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 October, 2009 - 11:58pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 25 April, 2025 - 12:43pm

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