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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 » tarandana group (Eucosma tarandana group) » Eucosma montanana - Hodges#2994 (Eucosma montanana)

Species Eucosma montanana - Hodges#2994

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

Phaneta clarkei - Hodges #3002.1 - Eucosma montanana

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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

No Taxon (tarandana group)

Species montanana (Eucosma montanana - Hodges#2994)

Hodges Number

2994

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eucosma montanana (Walsingham, 1884) (1)

Semasia montanana Walsingham, 1884 (2)

Phaneta montanana

Phaneta clarkei Blanchard & Knudson, 1983 (847)

Phylogenetic sequence #620818

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for the type location. (2)

Size

Wingspan 18 mm. (2)

Identification

Adult - see original description in Print References. (2)

Genitalia:

Range

Scant records from northern Texas to northern Arizona, Montana and Alberta. (3), (2)

Food

Larval hosts include tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus). (4)

Print References

Walsingham, Lord. 1884. North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. p. 143; Pl.4, f.12. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcoding Life

Lord Walsingham

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.	X. North American Tortricidae. Lord Walsingham. 1884. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1884: 121-147.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 12 February, 2012 - 6:39pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 18 October, 2023 - 12:43pm

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