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Species Eugnosta sartana - Broad-patched Eugnosta - Hodges#3764

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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 Tortricinae
Tribe Cochylini
Genus Eugnosta
Species sartana (Broad-patched Eugnosta - Hodges#3764)
Hodges Number
3764
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eugnosta sartana (Hübner, 1823)
Pharmacis sartana Hübner, 1823
Carolella sartana
Number 3782 in the 1983 Hodges Checklist. (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin sartus meaning "patched."
Numbers
There are 12 species of the genus Eugnosta in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Size
Wingspan 10-15 mm.
Range
Heppner (2003) listed the range to include Pennsylvania to Florida, Missouri to Texas. (3)
Type specimen: Pennsylvania (from Abbate Mazzola collection, Vienna (4)). (5)
Season
The flight period appears to be April to November. (2)
Heppner (2003) reported all year in Florida. (3)
Food
Heppner (2003) stated the host plant was unknown. (3)
Print References
Covell, C.V., 1984. Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 414, plate 63-24 (6)
Hübner, J., 1823. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge 2: 10, Pl.39, f.223-224.
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
4.The type species of Eucosma (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini)
Todd M. Gilligan, Donald J. Wright. 2013. Zootaxa 3630(3): 489–504.
5.World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)
John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.
6.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems