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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Cochylini » Eugnosta » Eugnosta deceptana - Hodges#3789 (Eugnosta deceptana)

Species Eugnosta deceptana - Hodges#3789

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

Eugnosta deceptana - Hodges #3789 - Eugnosta deceptana

Eugnosta deceptana? - Eugnosta deceptana

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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 deceptana (Eugnosta deceptana - Hodges#3789)

Hodges Number

3789

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eugnosta deceptana (Busck, 1907)

Carolella deceptana (Busck 1907)

Pharmacis deceptana Busck 1907 (1), (2)

#3785 in the 1983 Hodges Checklist. (3)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin deceptus meaning "caught, deceived, cheated."

Size

Busck (1907) listed a wingspan of 16 mm. (1)

Identification

Busck (1907) original description as Pharmacis deceptana is online in the print references. (1)

Range

Southern Texas. (4), (5)

Holotype: USA: Texas, Kerr County, Kerrville (Wm. Barnes). (2)

Season

There are records throughout the year in Texas. (5)

Food

The larval host is unknown.

See Also

Eugnosta bimaculana (Robinson, 1869)

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Busck, A., 1907. A review of the Tortricid subfamily Phaloniinae with descriptions of new American species. Journal of the New York Entomology Society, 15: 29. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Tortricidae.com

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

August Busck (1870-1944)

Works Cited

1.	A review of the tortricid subfamily Phaloniinae with descriptions of new American species August Busck. 1907. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 15: 19-36.

2.	World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.

3.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

4.	Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 November, 2012 - 12:48am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 1 February, 2018 - 9:47pm

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