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Species Hystrichophora ochreicostana - Hodges#3396

Hystrichophora ochreicostana - Hodges #3396 - Hystrichophora ochreicostana

Hystrichophora ochreicostana- - Hystrichophora ochreicostana

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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 Enarmoniini

Genus Hystrichophora

Species ochreicostana (Hystrichophora ochreicostana - Hodges#3396)

Hodges Number

3396

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hystrichophora ochreicostana (Walsingham, 1884)

Semasia ochreicostana Walsingham 1884 (1), (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet means "ocher-colored costa."

Numbers

There are more than eleven species of the genus Hystrichophora listed for America, north of Mexico. (3), (4)

Size

Wingspan 14-19 mm.

Range

Utah to Texas and northward to Alberta. (5), (4)

Season

Adults are most common from May to July. (4)

Print References

Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States, p. 167.274. (6)

Walsingham, Lord. 1884. X. North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1884: 141. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum (University of Alberta)

Lord Walsingham (1843-1919)

Works Cited

1.	X. North American Tortricidae. Lord Walsingham. 1884. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1884: 121-147.

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.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Annotated list of Utah tortricid moths: a provisional compilation. Jerry A. Powell. 2006. Essig Museum of Entomology, 1-19.

6.	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.

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 July, 2013 - 9:42am
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 4 July, 2020 - 2:22pm

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