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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Cochylini » Cochylichroa » Cochylichroa aurorana - Hodges#3767 (Cochylichroa aurorana)

Species Cochylichroa aurorana - Hodges#3767

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3767 - Cochylichroa aurorana Tortricid - Cochylichroa aurorana Cochylis aurorana - Cochylichroa aurorana Cochylis aurorana ? - Cochylichroa aurorana - female Cochylis aurorana ? - Cochylichroa aurorana - female Cochylid Moth - Cochylichroa aurorana Cochylid Moth - Cochylichroa aurorana Cochylichroa aurorana - female
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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 Cochylichroa
Species aurorana (Cochylichroa aurorana - Hodges#3767)
Hodges Number
3767
Other Common Names
Pink-mottled Cochylis (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cochylichroa aurorana (Kearfott, 1907) (2)
Phalonia aurorana Kearfott, 1907 (3)
Aethes aurorana
Phylogenetic sequence #620126
This species was number 3812 in the 1983 Hodges Checklist
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet perhaps for the auroral lights or the Roman goddess of dawn, referring to the "shining pink ground color" of the forewings. (3)
Size
Wingspan 11-13 mm. (3), (4)
Identification
Adult - see original description in Print References. (3)
Range
Southeastern Canada and northeastern United States. (1)
Described material: Essex County Park, New Jersey, light trap, Aug. 22d to Sept. 7th (Kearfott); Kennebunkport, Maine, August (G.H. Clapp).
See Also
Thyraylia bunteana
Thyraylia hollandana
Print References
Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 83 (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
William D. Kearfott (1864-1917)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
2.New genera, new species, and new combinations in new world Cochylina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)
Brown, J.W. 2019. Zootaxa, 4671 (2): 195–222.
3.New North American Tortricidae.
William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.
4.Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Canada
Razowski, J. 1997. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 40(1):107-163.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Bjoern Rulik on 8 March, 2011 - 7:53am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Chuck Entz, Nick Block, Randy Hardy
Last updated 29 September, 2019 - 7:22pm

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