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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 » palabundana group (Pelochrista palabundana group) » Pelochrista palabundana - Hodges#3079 (Pelochrista palabundana)

Species Pelochrista palabundana - Hodges#3079

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

A tortricid sp. - Pelochrista palabundana

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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 Eucosmini

Genus Pelochrista

No Taxon (palabundana group)

Species palabundana (Pelochrista palabundana - Hodges#3079)

Hodges Number

3079

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pelochrista palabundana (Heinrich, 1923) (1)

Eucosma palabundana Heinrich, 1923 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin palabundus meaning "wandering about, straggling."

Size

Wingspan 14-16.5 mm. (2)

Range

Records from Montana and Colorado east to Ontario, New York and Ohio. Also Mississippi and Florida. (3)

Described material: Aweme, Manitoba (Norman Criddle, 2-VII-1921, 25-VIII-1921); Hessville, IN (A.K. Wyatt(4), VII-4-14). (2)

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. Bulletin - United States National Museum. 123: 267. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Carl Heinrich

Works Cited

1.	Revised world catalogue of Eucopina, Eucosma, Pelochrista, and Phaneta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini) Todd M. Gilligan, Donald J. Wright. 2013. Zootaxa 3746(2): 301–337.

2.	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.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	A brief history of lepidopterology in Illinois. Roderick R. Irwin. 1972. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science 65: 45-49.

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 11 June, 2010 - 2:06pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 20 December, 2017 - 9:44am

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