Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Endothenia montanana (Kearfott, 1907)
Olethreutes nimbatana var.
montanana Kearfott, 1907
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Endothenia kingi McDunnough, 1927
Phylogenetic sequence #620460
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin montana meaning "mountain," for the type specimen collected on Mount Graybeard, Black Mountains, North Carolina.
Numbers
There are 12 described Endothenia species in America north of Mexico.
Identification
The Heinrich (1926) revised description is available online in PDF.
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Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD).
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Range
Scattered records found throughout North America.
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(9)Season
Adults are most common from May to September based in part on records at Moth Photographers Group.
(5)Food
The larva feed on the stem bases of
Stachys L.
(3)Remarks
The genus is closely related to
Bactra and the placement has been debated several times.
(10)Print References
Heinrich, C. 1926. Revision of the North American Moths of the Subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae.
Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 132:
101.
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Kearfott, W.D. 1907. Microlepidoptera from the Black Mountain region of North Carolina, with descriptions of new species.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 23: 157. (
PDF)
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