Species Pelochrista comatulana - Hodges#3041

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Pelochrista comatulana (Zeller, 1875) (1)

Paedisca comatulana Zeller, 1875 (2)

Eucosma costastrigulana Kearfott, 1907 (3)

Eucosma pediasios Miller, 1985 (3)

Eucosma rindgei Miller, 1985 (3)

Eucosma austrina Miller, 1985 (3)

Phylogenetic sequence #620913

Specific epithet from Latin comatula meaning "having hair neatly curled."

Wingspan 15-18 mm. (4)

Records across the United States and southeastern Canada. Absent from western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. (5)

Type locality: Texas. (4)

At BOLD there are at least 5 BIN groups for P. derelicta, P. vagana, P. watertonana, P. nandana, and P. comatulana as follows:

BOLD:AAA9420 contains 146 P. derelicta, 3 P. vagana, 1 juncticiliana

BOLD:AAC2220 contains 24 P. comatulana, 4 P. vagana, 3 P. nandana, 3 P. watertonana

BOLD:AAA8736 contains 11 P. comatulana

BOLD:ACE5483 contains 4 P. comatulana

BOLD:ACE8730 contains 11 P. costastrigulana (now a synonym of comatulana)

The images within each BIN look similar but between BINs they seem a little different. The one DNA tested example at BugGuide under vagana, also shown at MPG under the same species, is one of Mark Dreiling's and it's in BOLD:AAC2220 along with others he had tested which were placed in comatulana and nandana. I'd be surprised if all his examples in BOLD:AAC2220 were not the same species. He does have one in BOLD:ACE5483 but it's a bit different. He also has examples of P. derelicta in BOLD:AAA9420 and they are different as well. - Steve Nanz, 2016

Zeller, P.C. 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 25: 316. (2)

Moth Photographers Group (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)