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Species Eucosma perangustana - Hodges#2981

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Tortricidae: Eucosma perangstana - Eucosma perangustana Tortricidae: Eucosma perangstana - Eucosma perangustana perangustana? - Eucosma perangustana - male Eucosma perangustana - male Eucosma perangustana - male
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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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