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Species Eucosma pallidarcis - Hodges#2976

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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 pallidarcis (Eucosma pallidarcis - Hodges#2976)
Hodges Number
2976
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucosma pallidarcis (Heinrich, 1923) (1)
Thiodia pallidarcis Heinrich, 1923 (2)
Phaneta pallidarcis
Size
Forewing length 5.5-7.5 mm.(3)
Identification
The original description as Thiodia pallidarcis Heinrich, is available in PDF or read online in the print references below. (2)
Specimen determined by Chuck Harp.
Range
California(4) to the Great Basin area. (3)
Records north to Saskatchewan. (5)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Paratypes: San Diego, California (W.S. Wright, 10 May 08, 9 Jun. 08)
Season
Adults have been recorded mostly from April to September. (5)
Food
Larvae have been reared on Artemisia californica Less. (3)
See Also
Compare to others on the archived photos of living moths and pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Heinrich, C. 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreuidae. United States National Museum Bul. 123. p. 60. (2)
Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 14.47, p. 133.(3)