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Species Eucosma apacheana - Hodges#2946

Eucosma (=Phaneta) apacheana - Eucosma apacheana

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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

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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