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Species Cochylichroa temerana - Hodges#3781

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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 Tortricinae
Tribe Cochylini
Genus Cochylichroa
Species temerana (Cochylichroa temerana - Hodges#3781)
Hodges Number
3781
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cochylichroa temerana (Busck, 1907) (1)
Phalonia temerana Busck, 1907 (2)
Phalonia cincinnatana Kearfott, 1907 (3)
Recavicula temerana Pogue 1986
Number 3854 in the 1983 Hodges Checklist.
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin temerans meaning "defiled."
Size
Wingspan 12-13 mm. (2) Razowski states 13-15 mm. (4)
Range
Records from the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada. (5)
Type locality: Oak Station, Pennsylvania (F. Marloff). (2)
Print References
Busck, A., 1907. A review of the Tortricid subfamily Phaloniinae with descriptions of new American species. Journal of the New York Entomology Society, 15: 28. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
August Busck (1870-1944)
Works Cited
1.New genera, new species, and new combinations in new world Cochylina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)
Brown, J.W. 2019. Zootaxa, 4671 (2): 195–222.
2.A review of the tortricid subfamily Phaloniinae with descriptions of new American species
August Busck. 1907. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 15: 19-36.
3.New North American Tortricidae.
William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.
4.Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Canada
Razowski, J. 1997. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 40(1):107-163.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by tom murray on 3 May, 2010 - 6:37am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 29 September, 2019 - 7:24pm

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