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Species Eucosma clavana - Striped Eucosma - Hodges#2968

Tortricidae: Phaneta clavana? - Eucosma clavana Tortricidae: Phaneta clavana? - Eucosma clavana Tortricidae: Phaneta clavana - Eucosma clavana Tortricidae: Phaneta clavana - Eucosma clavana Tortricidae: Phaneta clavana - Eucosma clavana Tortricidae: Phaneta clavana - Eucosma clavana possible Striped Phaneta Moth - Eucosma clavana Eucosma clavana
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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 (clavana group)
Species clavana (Striped Eucosma - Hodges#2968)
Hodges Number
2968
Other Common Names
Striped Phaneta
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucosma clavana (Fernald, 1882) (1)
Semasia clavana Fernald, 1882 (2)
Phaneta clavana
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "club-shaped" for the "dark brown clavate stripe" on the forewings. (2)
Numbers
There are more than 100 species of the genus Phaneta in America north of Mexico. (3), (4)
Size
Fernald (1882) listed a wingspan of 14 mm. (2)
Range
Incomplete. Scattered records from California to Maine, none from the southeastern United States or the Great Plains states. (4)
Lectotype ♂ from Truro, Massachusetts, USNM. (United States National Museum)
Season
There are scattered records throughout much of the United States.
Print References
Fernald, C.H., 1882. A synonymical catalogue of the described Tortricidae of North America north of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 10: 72. (2)
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States. Ohio Biological Survey, p. 98.124. (5)
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: 55. (6)
Miller, W.E., 1884. Fernald types of North American Olethreutinae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 72: 290.
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.Descriptions of new species of Tortricidae.
Charles Henry Fernald. 1882. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10: 65-72.
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.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.
6.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.
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems