Species Eucosma litorea - Hodges#2920.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · 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 Eucosma

No Taxon (refusana group)

Species litorea (Eucosma litorea - Hodges#2920.2)

Hodges Number

2920.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eucosma litorea Wright & Brown, 2014

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "beach, shore" for the habitat in which it's found.

Size

Wingspan about 13 mm.

Identification

Range

Known from along the Gulf Coast: from Baldwin County, Alabama to Gulf County, Florida; and from the Ohoopee dunes in Emanuel County, Georgia (1).

Habitat

Dune habitat (1).

Season

Adults have been collected from mid-April to June and again in August and October (1).

Print References

Wright D.J. & R.L. Brown, 2014. Review of the Eucosma refusana (Walker) species group (Tortricidae), with descriptions of two new species and discussion of biogeographic influences on species distribution. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society. 68(2): 85-100

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Works Cited

1.	Eucosma Hübner of the contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini) Donald J. Wright & Todd M. Gilligan. 2015. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Fascicle 9.4.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 August, 2013 - 3:08pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 8 December, 2017 - 11:12am

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