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Species Pelochrista persolita - Hodges#3090

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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 (persolita group)
Species persolita (Pelochrista persolita - Hodges#3090)
Hodges Number
3090
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pelochrista persolita (Heinrich, 1929) Gilligan & Wright, 2013 (1)
Eucosma persolita Heinrich, 1929 (2)
Size
Wingspan 14-21 mm. (2)
Identification
Original description is available online in PDF. (2)
Range
Arizona to Oklahoma and Texas. (3)
Record from southwestern Iowa. (4)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Most records of adults are from June to September. (3)
See Also
Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States(5)
Heinrich, C. 1929. Notes on some North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae No. 2779, Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 75: 7. (2)
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.Notes on some North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae
Carl Heinrich. 1929. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 75(2779): 1-23.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)
John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.
5.Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide
Gilligan, Todd M., Donald J. Wright, and Loran D. Gibson. 2008. Ohio Biological Survey, P.O. Box 21370, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0370.