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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Epinotia » Epinotia cercocarpana - Hodges#3325 (Epinotia cercocarpana)

Species Epinotia cercocarpana - Hodges#3325

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Epinotia
Species cercocarpana (Epinotia cercocarpana - Hodges#3325)
Hodges Number
3325
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epinotia cercocarpana (Dyar, 1903)
Eucosma cercocarpana Dyar, 1903
Phylogenetic sequence #621236
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the host plant genus (Cercocarpus).
Size
Wingspan 15-18 mm. (1)
Food
Larvae have been reared on alderleaf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus).
Print References
Dyar, H.G. 1903. New North American Lepidoptera with notes on larvae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 5: 297.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. (Wikipedia)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae
Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.
Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 24 November, 2012 - 3:30pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 26 November, 2017 - 5:46pm

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