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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 » Eucosma apacheana - Hodges#2946  (Eucosma apacheana)

Species Eucosma apacheana - Hodges#2946

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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
Species apacheana (Eucosma apacheana - Hodges#2946 )
Hodges Number
2946
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucosma apacheana (Walsingham, 1884) (1)
Semasia apacheana Walsingham, 1884 (2)
Phaneta apacheana
Phylogenetic sequence #620871
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet likely for Apache County (est. 1879), Arizona. Type specimen labeled simply "Arizona."
Size
Forewing length average 4.3-7.5 mm, but some females have been recorded to 9.5 mm.(3)
Identification
Adult - dark chevron shaped patch along inner margin.
Range
Moth Photographers Group shows records from Washington to southern California, Arizona and across central regions of the US to Maryland.
(Powell & Opler 2009) lists the range as coastal British Columbia to southern California and Arizona. (3)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Two flights of March to June and September through October.(3)
Food
Larval hosts include Gnaphalium L. species.(3)
Print References
Gilligan, T.M. 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide. Ohio Biological Survey. (4)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 14, figs. 44, 45; p. 133. (3)
Walsingham, Lord. 1884. X. North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 1884: 143. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
University of California, Berkeley
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Lord Walsingham (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.X. North American Tortricidae.
Lord Walsingham. 1884. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1884: 121-147.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, An Identification Guide
Gilligan, Todd M., Donald J. Wright, and Loran D. Gibson. 2008. Ohio Biological Survey, P.O. Box 21370, Columbus, Ohio 43221-0370.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 August, 2012 - 1:51am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 7 December, 2017 - 4:12pm

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