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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Eucosma » perangustana group (Eucosma perangustana group) » Eucosma perangustana - Hodges#2981 (Eucosma perangustana)

Species Eucosma perangustana - Hodges#2981

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · 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 (perangustana group)
Species perangustana (Eucosma perangustana - Hodges#2981)
Hodges Number
2981
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucosma perangustana (Walsingham, 1879) (1)
Semasia perangustana Walsingham, 1879 (2)
Phaneta perangustana
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin perangusta meaning "narrow" for the forewings "more than three times as long as wide." (2)
Size
Walsingham (1879) listed a wingspan of 15 mm.
Identification
Determined by Richard Brown.

Genitalia:
Range
California and Colorado to the northern Great Plains states.
Holotype collected Siskiyou Mountains, California, (BMNH) Natural History Museum, London, England. (3)
Season
April to July records. (4)
Print References
Walsingham, 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4: 58; pl. 73, fig. 7 (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Lord Walsingham
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.North-American Torticidae
Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.
3.World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)
John Wesley Brown, Joaquin Baixeras. 2005. Apollo Books.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 August, 2013 - 9:28am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 19 June, 2024 - 2:48pm

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