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Species Pelochrista canana - Hodges#3141

Tortricidae: Unknown Pelochrista - Pelochrista canana

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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 (canana group)

Species canana (Pelochrista canana - Hodges#3141)

Hodges Number

3141

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pelochrista canana (Walsingham, 1879)

Paedisca canana[i] Walsingham, 1879

[i]Pelochrista metariana (Heinrich, 1923)[cite:1636722,93]

Pelochrista expolitana (Heinrich, 1923)[cite:1636722,93]

Identification

The original description as Eucosma metariana Heinrich, is online. (1)

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD) (2)

Range

Type locality: Californica (Tortricidae.com)

Season

The adults are most common from April through August.(3)

Food

Larval host (given in source for metariana): Heliomeris multiflora Nutt. (showy goldeneye). (4)

Remarks

This page was originally created for Pelochrista metariana, which was synonymized with P. canana in Wright and Gilligan (2017) — MONA fascicle 9.5

Print References

Heinrich, C., Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 133. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Tortricidae.com (large photo of holotype of metariana)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Carl Heinrich

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Larval host plant records of Asteraceae root-feeding Eucosmini in California and adjacent states (Tortricidae) J. A. Powell, P. A. Opler . 2006. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 60(4): 189-193.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 October, 2010 - 1:04pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 9 January, 2020 - 3:37pm

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