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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Pelochrista » Pale-faced Pelochrista - Hodges#3153  (Pelochrista pallidipalpana)

Species Pelochrista pallidipalpana - Pale-faced Pelochrista - Hodges#3153

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · 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 Pelochrista
Species pallidipalpana (Pale-faced Pelochrista - Hodges#3153 )
Hodges Number
3153
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pelochrista pallidipalpana (Kearfott, 1905)
Eucosma pallidipalpana Kearfott, 1905 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #621004
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet means "pallid palps" for the "palpi clothed with long white scales." (1)
Size
Wingspan 11.5-13.5 mm. (1)
Identification
Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)
Range
Records from Alabama to Georgia, north to the District of Columbia; Tennessee, Iowa and Wisconsin. (2), (3), (1)
Described material: Tryon, NC (Fiske); Washington D.C. (Busck, June and July); Fortress Monroe, VA (Kearfott, July 19).
Print References
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 117.170.(4)
Kearfott, 1905. Descriptions of new species of Tortricid Moths from North Carolina, with notes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 28(1398): 353 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
William D. Kearfott (Wikipedia)
Works Cited
1.Descriptions of new species of tortricid moths, from North Carolina, with notes
William Dunham Kearfott. 1905. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 28(1398): 349-364.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Pale-faced Pelochrista
4.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.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Ken Childs on 7 August, 2013 - 10:49pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 13 July, 2020 - 2:19am

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