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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Pelochrista » robinsonana group (Pelochrista robinsonana group) » Robinson's Pelochrista Moth - Hodges#3009 (Pelochrista robinsonana)

Species Pelochrista robinsonana - Robinson's Pelochrista Moth - Hodges#3009

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Candy Stripe - Pelochrista robinsonana Robinson's Eucosma Moth - Pelochrista robinsonana Robinson's Pelochrista Moth - Hodges#3009 - Pelochrista robinsonana Moth to blacklight and eggs - Pelochrista robinsonana Robinson's Pelochrista Moth - Hodges#3009 - Pelochrista robinsonana Pelochrista robinsonana Robinson's Pelochrista Moth - Hodges#3009 - Pelochrista robinsonana Robinson's Pelochrista Moth - Pelochrista robinsonana
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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 Pelochrista
No Taxon (robinsonana group)
Species robinsonana (Robinson's Pelochrista Moth - Hodges#3009)
Hodges Number
3009
Other Common Names
Robinson's Eucosma Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pelochrista robinsonana (Grote, 1872) (1)
Conchylis robinsonana Grote, 1872
Eucosma robinsonana (Grote, 1872)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet "after my friend and brother entomologist, the late Coleman T. Robinson, whose sudden death has caused so great sorrow in many circles, besides the one in which I knew him best."
Size
Wingspan 14 mm (Grote, 1872).
Range
Eastern half of the United States. (2)
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1872. Descriptions of Lepidoptera from Alabama. The Canadian entomologist. 4(6): 101.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (Wikipedia)
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 Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 18 July, 2006 - 8:07pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 20 December, 2017 - 2:41pm

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