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Species Hystrichophora vestaliana - Hodges#3399

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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 Enarmoniini
Genus Hystrichophora
Species vestaliana (Hystrichophora vestaliana - Hodges#3399)
Hodges Number
3399
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hystrichophora vestaliana (Zeller, 1875) (1)
Grapholitha vestaliana Zeller, 1875 (2)
Thiodia vestaliana
Eucosma vestaliana
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "of or relating to Vesta," the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family.
Size
Wingspan 19-25 mm. (1)
Range
Uncertain range, records from New Mexico to Florida, north to Illinois, North Dakota and Wyoming. Also California.
Type locality: Dallas, Texas (Boll).
Print References
Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 286; Pl.8, f.21. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808-1883)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae
Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.
2.Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren, vol. 3.
Phillip Christoph Zeller. 1875. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 26 January, 2010 - 7:45pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 January, 2018 - 4:14pm

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