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Species Eucosma pallidarcis - Hodges#2976

Phaneta pallidarcis - Hodges #2976 - Eucosma pallidarcis

Phaneta pallidarcis - Eucosma pallidarcis

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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)

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)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

University of California, Berkeley

tortricidae.com

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Carl Heinrich

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.	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.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 February, 2013 - 10:11am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 11 December, 2017 - 2:58pm

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