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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 » radiatana group (Eucosma radiatana group) » Beautiful Eucosma Moth - Hodges#2916 (Eucosma formosana)

Species Eucosma formosana - Beautiful Eucosma Moth - Hodges#2916

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moth - Eucosma formosana moth - Eucosma formosana Tortricid Moth - Eucosma formosana Eucosma - Eucosma formosana Eucosma formosana Eucosma formosana - Beautiful Eucosma Moth - Hodges#2916 - Eucosma formosana - male Beautiful Eucosma Moth - Eucosma formosana Olethreutinae, dorsal, Beautiful Eucosma - Eucosma formosana
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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 (radiatana group)
Species formosana (Beautiful Eucosma Moth - Hodges#2916)
Hodges Number
2916
Other Common Names
Beautiful Phaneta Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucosma formosana (Clemens, 1860) (1)
Ioplocama formosana Clemens, 1860 (2)
Thiodia formosana
Phaneta formosana (3)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin formosa meaning "beautifully formed."
Numbers
The genus Phaneta includes more than 100 species in North America north of Mexico. (4), (5)
Size
Heinrich (1923) reported the wingspan as 18-20 mm. (6)
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
Northeastern North America. (5)
Type locality: Illinois (Mr. Kennicott). (6)
Season
The adults are most common from May to August, but there are records from March to December. (5)
Food
Heinrich (1923) reported Solidago sp. as the host plant. (6)
See Also
Compare on the plates of Moth Photographers Group. (5)
Print References
Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American Lepidopterology. No. 6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.. 12: 360. (2)
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 91.105
Heinrich, C., 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 39; figs. 17, 88. (6)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Tortricidae.com
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (8) (records only, no photo)
Brackenridge Clemens
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.Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6.
Brackenridge Clemens. 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 345-362.
3.Genus Phaneta: New synonymies and a new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
William E Miller. 1983. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 76(1): 98-103 .
4.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
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
8.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 August, 2013 - 3:19pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 3 September, 2024 - 3:59pm

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