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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Barbara » Douglas-Fir Cone Moth  - Hodges#2903 (Barbara colfaxiana)

Species Barbara colfaxiana - Douglas-Fir Cone Moth - Hodges#2903

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · 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 Barbara
Species colfaxiana (Douglas-Fir Cone Moth - Hodges#2903)
Hodges Number
2903
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Barbara colfaxiana (Kearfott, 1907) (1)
Evetria colfaxiana Kearfott, 1907 (2)
Phylogenetic sequence #620733
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from type location, Colfax, Placer County, California. (2)
Numbers
The genus Barbara includes three species in America north of Mexico. (3)
Size
Forewing length 7.5-11 mm. (4)
Identification
The original description as Evetria colfaxiana Kearfott, is available online in the print references below.
The Heinrich (1956) revised description of Barbara colfaxiana (Kearfott) is available in PDF(1) or read online in the print references below.
Powell & Opler (2009) described the adults as variable in size and pattern. (4)
Range
British Columbia, California, Arizona and Mexico. There is also a northeastern population. (5)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Habitat
Montane.
Season
Powell & Opler (2009) reported adults from April to September, with the peak flight from June to July. (4)
Food
Larvae feed on the cones of Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir), and Abies (true fir) sp. (4)
Remarks
There are many websites with information on the pest status of Barbara colfaxiana.
Listed as Barbara colfaciana on the California checklist. (5)
Burks & Krombein (1967) listed Barbara colfaxiana as a host for the Braconid Wasp Cotesia petrovae
[Apanteles petrovae].
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Burks, B.D. & K.V. Krombein 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Agriculture Monograph 2: 43.
Heinrich, C. 1956. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 28. (1)
Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 33(1): 3. (2)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, p.132, pl.14.39, 14.52. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
lepbarcoding.org
University of California, Berkeley
William D. Kearfott (Wikipedia)
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.New North American Tortricidae.
William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
5.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 October, 2011 - 10:18pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 June, 2020 - 8:53am

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