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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 » agricolana group (Pelochrista agricolana group) » Pelochrista lathami - Hodges#3036 (Pelochrista lathami)

Species Pelochrista lathami - Hodges#3036

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

Pelochrista aurilineana - Pelochrista lathami

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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 (agricolana group)

Species lathami (Pelochrista lathami - Hodges#3036 )

Hodges Number

3036

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pelochrista lathami (Forbes, 1937) (1)

Eucosma lathami Forbes, 1937

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet in honor of naturalist Roy Latham (1881-1979) of Orient, Long Island, whose collection provided the specimens (New York Times obituary).

Size

Wingspan 16 mm (Forbes, 1937).

Range

Rare, records from New York, Alberta, and BugGuide record from southern Arizona. (2), (3)

Type locality: Orient, Long Island, New York.

See Also

Pelochrista morrisoni found west of the Appalachian Mountains according to MONA Fascicle 9-5.

Print References

Forbes, Wm. 1937. A new "silver-marked" Eucosma (Lepidoptera: Olethreutinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 45: 131.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

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

William T.M. Forbes (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.	Tortricid

3.	An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada Gregory R. Pohl, Gary G. Anweiler, B. Christian Schmidt, Norbert G. Kondla. 2010. ZooKeys 38: 1–549.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 14 August, 2010 - 12:16pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 27 September, 2022 - 9:52am

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