Eucosma Moth - Pelochrista conspiciendana

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Eucosma Moth - Pelochrista conspiciendana

In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
July 15, 2007
Size: Forewing length 10mm

ID to genus provided by BOLD Systems via DNA. A species match was not made. The nearest DNA match was Eucosma cataclystiana at 98.8% similarity. (31 October, 2011)

ID Update (28 August, 2015):

The nearest DNA match is still a specimen of species of Eucosma cataclystiana, but now it is at a 99.39% similarity. Also, this specimen is a 99.25% match with a specimen of species of Eucosma conspiciendana. The images of specimens of these two species at BOLD Systems are very similar.

Specimens from California, of both species, are listed in BOLD's database. However, the Moth Photographer Group's website places E. cataclystiana primarily in the East; and E. conspiciendana primarily in the West - with E. conspiciendana being present in the region of California where this moth came from. I suppose the two species may be conspecific.

I am inclined to assign this specimen to species Eucosma conspiciendana - based on the range maps at MPG.

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Eucosma Moth - Pelochrista conspiciendana

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 1 November, 2011 - 1:43am
Last updated 7 June, 2023 - 4:23pm

Moved

Moved from Pelochrista.

… Kyhl Austin, 10 June, 2017 - 3:44pm

Pelochrista cataclystiana

That's just my opinion because after looking at the tree for this BIN cluster, I bet they get synonomyzed. If so, cataclystiana being older would take precedence. I know there is a lot more involved and this is pure speculation.

I was tempted to do as you suggested and create a page for conspiciendana, original description here. The description does explain the differences and if you had the specimen examined, a species level ID should be possible. But I recently saw a situation where the species were lumped even though there were differences in genitalia.

… Steve Nanz, 22 October, 2015 - 12:28pm

Moved

Moved from Eucosma.

Species this resembles were transferred to Pelochrista by Gilligan & Wright (2013) (1)

… Steve Nanz, 22 October, 2015 - 12:12pm

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