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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 » grandiflavana group (Pelochrista grandiflavana group) » Pelochrista subflavana - Hodges#3060 (Pelochrista subflavana)
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Eucosma sp. - Pelochrista subflavana
Copyright © 2009 Marius Aurelian

Eucosma sp. - Pelochrista subflavana
White Lake Rd., ~6.2 km SW of Hwy. 97, 49.3303 N & -119.6307 W, Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
June 16, 2009
Attracted to lights. Very similar to John Davis' unidentified Eucosma moths.
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Contributed by Marius Aurelian on 17 October, 2009 - 9:16pm
Last updated 14 April, 2011 - 4:19pm

Moved
Moved from Eucosma.

Marius, I am pretty sure that this is E. subflavana. If you have a specimen I could dissect it to verify.
… Jason J. Dombroskie, 14 April, 2011 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Pelochrista grandiflavana?
Could you take another look? Based on Wright & Gilligan (2017), this looks more like Pelochrista grandiflavana to me.
… Steve Nanz, 12 January, 2020 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Pelochrista subflavana
Michael Sabourin agrees Pelochrista subflavana is more likely.
… Steve Nanz, 14 January, 2020 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Jason,
Nice of you to give a species ID. I can't remember if i collected the specimen or not... I'm slowly moving to photographing only...
… Marius Aurelian, 16 April, 2011 - 2:03am login or register to post comments

Possibly 3096 - Eucosma grandiflavana
I'm saving the photo tentatively under this name for further research. It is a little-known species from northern California and perhaps northward. I have not yet worked through the Eucosma in the USNM and hope to learn more when I do.
… Bob Patterson, 18 October, 2009 - 12:27am login or register to post comments

 
My thoughts too...
I also thought this specimen looks quite similar to E. grandiflavana, but when i read the info in Powell & Opler's book it seems this rather enigmatic species is not found North of California... The other similar species is Argyrotaenia franciscana insulana, but it is restricted to Channel Islands, CA.
… Marius Aurelian, 18 October, 2009 - 1:11am login or register to post comments

 
Some observations
It isn't a particularly common species. I only found them in three locations and always as only one individual per location. I will try to rear them if i ever collect females.
… Marius Aurelian, 18 October, 2009 - 1:13am login or register to post comments

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