Species Eucosma essexana - Hodges#2910

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

moth that looks like burned wood - Eucosma essexana

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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 (radiatana group)

Species essexana (Eucosma essexana - Hodges#2910)

Hodges Number

2910

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eucosma essexana (Kearfott, 1907) (1)

Thiodia essexana Kearfott, 1907 (2)

Phaneta essexana

Phylogenetic sequence #620766

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for the type location, Essex County, New Jersey. (2)

Size

Wingspan 17-24 mm. (3)

Range

Records from Ontario to New Brunswick, south to North Carolina, Kentucky and Illinois. (4)

Type locality: near Caldwell, Essex County, New Jersey. (2)

Food

Larvae feed on late purple aster (Symphyotrichum patens). (2), (3)

Print References

Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 39. (2)

Internet References

Moth Mothographers Group

Barcoding Life

William D. Kearfott (Wikipedia)

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.	New North American Tortricidae. William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.

3.	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.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Bob Patterson on 28 July, 2010 - 2:25pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 December, 2017 - 3:17pm

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