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Species Eugnosta erigeronana - Fleabane Cochylid - Hodges#3790

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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 Eugnosta
Species erigeronana (Fleabane Cochylid - Hodges#3790)
Hodges Number
3790
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eugnosta erigeronana (Riley, 1881)
Conchylis erigeronana Riley, 1881 (1)
Carolella erigeronana
Number 3784 in Hodges 1983 checklist.
Explanation of Names
Erigeron is the genus name of the host plant.
Size
Wingspan 11 mm. (1)
Range
Records from east Texas and Oklahoma, east to Florida, north to North Carolina, and west to Illinois. (2)
Type locality: Columbia, Texas, from larva on gall (E.A. Schwarz). (1)
Food
Riley associated the larva with a fly (Cecidomyiidae) gall in fleabane (Erigeron). (1)
Print References
Riley, C.V., 1881. Descriptions of new Tortricidae (Leaf-rollers). Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 4: 316. (1)
Works Cited
1.Descriptions of some new Tortricidae (Leaf Rollers).
Riley, C.V. 1881. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, 4: 316-324.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems