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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 » primulana group (Pelochrista primulana group) » Pelochrista hasseanthi - Hodges#3109  (Pelochrista hasseanthi)

Species Pelochrista hasseanthi - Hodges#3109

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · 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
No Taxon (primulana group)
Species hasseanthi (Pelochrista hasseanthi - Hodges#3109 )
Hodges Number
3109
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pelochrista hasseanthi (Clarke, 1952) (1)
Eucosma hasseanthi Clarke, 1952 (2)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the former generic placement of host plant (Hasseanthus). (2)
Size
Clarke (1952) listed the wingspan as 24-26 mm. (2)
Identification
Range
California. (3)
Holotype ♂, California, Orange County, collected W. Hower, 23 Aug 1936. (2)
Season
May, July to October.
Food
Larval host is variegated liveforever (Dudleya variegatus). (2)
See Also
Eucosma biplagiata lacks the reticulated pattern.
Eucosma primulana has a distinctive apical mark.
Print References
Clarke, J.F.G., 1952. Two new species of Olethreutidae from California (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 51: 60; plate 14, figs. 1, 3. (2)
Powell, J.A. & P.A., Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 15, fig. 30; p. 135. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Tortricidae.com
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Smithsonian Collection
J.F. Gates Clarke (New York Times)
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.Two new species of Olethreutidae from California (Lepidoptera)
J. F. Gates Clarke. 1952. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 51:60-62.
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 10 August, 2013 - 2:43pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 2 December, 2017 - 6:07pm

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