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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Eucosma » stramineana group (Eucosma stramineana group) » Eucosma grindeliana - Hodges#3002 (Eucosma grindeliana)

Species Eucosma grindeliana - Hodges#3002

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Eucosma
No Taxon (stramineana group)
Species grindeliana (Eucosma grindeliana - Hodges#3002)
Hodges Number
3002
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucosma grindeliana (Busck, 1906) (1)
Cydia grindeliana Busck, 1906
Phaneta grindeliana
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from the host plant genus (Grindelia).
Size
Wingspan 17-19 mm. (2)
Range
Records from across the southern half of the United States. (3)
Type locality: Clarendon, Texas.
Food
Larval host is curlytop gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa) (Busck, 1906). (4)
Print References
Busck, A. 1906. A new Tortricid from Texas. The Canadian Entomologist 38: 211
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcoding Life
August Busck (Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society)
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.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
Contributed by v belov on 14 July, 2010 - 1:36pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 December, 2017 - 10:17am

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