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Species Epinotia momonana - Hodges#3312

Epinotia momonana(T) - Epinotia momonana

Tortricidae: Epinotia momonana - Epinotia momonana

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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 momonana (Epinotia momonana - Hodges#3312)

Hodges Number

3312

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Epinotia momonana (Kearfott, 1907) (1)

Epinotia sanifica Meyrick, 1912 (2)

Proteopteryx momonana Kearfott, 1907 (3)

Phylogenetic sequence #621224

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is part of a series of Kearfott names originating from various alphabetical rhyming schemes with no meaning, often derided by subsequent authors as "nonsense names." See Brown (2001) for a humorous take on this "barbarous" practice. (4), (2)

Size

Heinrich (1923) listed the wingspan as 13-15 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - see original description in Print References. (3)

Range

British Columbia to Nova Scotia; in the eastern United States to Maryland. (5)

Lectotype ♀ from Rounthwaite, Manitoba, AMNH (L.E. Marmont(6), July). (7)

Season

The adults are most common from June to August. (8)

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 123: 212. (1)

Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New micro-lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 39(4): 125. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (8)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (9)

William D. Kearfott

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.

2.	On some impossible specific names in micro-lepidoptera. Edward Meyrick. 1912. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 48: 32-36.

3.	New micro-leidoptera W.D. Kearfott. 1907. The Canadian Entomologist 39(1-6): 1-9, 53-60, 77-84, 121-128, 153-160, 211-212.

4.	Presidential address, 2000: Nomenclatural nonsense - flying in the face of a farcical code. John W. Brown. 2001. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 55(1): 1-7.

5.	Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.

6.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of British Columbia, Canada. Pohl, G.R., Cannings, R.A., Landry, J.-F., Holden, D.G., Scudder, G.G.E., . 2015. Entomological Society of British Columbia. 308 p.

7.	World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.

8.	North American Moth Photographers Group

9.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 August, 2013 - 10:55pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 16 December, 2017 - 12:10pm

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