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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Eucosma » Ornate Eucosma - Hodges#2951 (Eucosma ornatula)

Species Eucosma ornatula - Ornate Eucosma - Hodges#2951

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

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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 Eucosma

Species ornatula (Ornate Eucosma - Hodges#2951)

Hodges Number

2951

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eucosma ornatula (Heinrich, 1924) (1)

Thiodia ornatula Heinrich, 1924

Phaneta ornatula

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "ornate."

Size

The wingspan is 12.5-15 mm. (2)

Identification

The original description as Thiodia ornatula Heinrich, is available in PDF and online in the print references below. (2)

Range

Scattered records from North Dakota to Texas and eastward. (3), (4)

Type locality: Oak Station, PA (F. Marloff, 21 Jun.-15 Aug.).

Season

The adults are most common from June to September. (4)

Food

The larval host plant is unknown. (2)

See Also

Epinotia nigralbana

Print References

Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States. p. 98.123.(5)

Heinrich, 1924. North American Eucosminae, notes and new species (Lepidoptera). Journal of the Washington Academy of Science. 14: 385. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Tortricidae.com

Carl Heinrich

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.	North American Eucosminae, notes and new species (Lepidoptera) Carl Heinrich. 1924. Journal of The Washington Academy of Sciences 14: 385--393.

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

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.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 10 September, 2011 - 3:19pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 12 July, 2020 - 11:52pm

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