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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Cochylini » Phtheochroa » Phtheochroa huachucana - Hodges#3817 (Phtheochroa huachucana)

Species Phtheochroa huachucana - Hodges#3817

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 Tortricinae

Tribe Cochylini

Genus Phtheochroa

Species huachucana (Phtheochroa huachucana - Hodges#3817)

Hodges Number

3817

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phtheochroa huachucana (Kearfott, 1907)

Commophila huachucana Kearfott, 1907 (1)

Henricus huachucana

Phylogenetic sequence #620181

Number 3776 in the 1983 Hodges Checklist

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet refers to southern Arizona's Huachuca Mountains where some of the first specimens were collected. (1)

Size

Wingspan 22-27 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - see Kearfott's original description in Print References. (1)

Range

Known from Arizona, New Mexico and west Texas. (2)

Described specimens: Cochise County, Arizona, Aug. 1st (Geo. Franck); Las Vegas, New Mexico; Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, Aug. 8th to 19th (Dr. W. Barnes). (1)

Print References

Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 79. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

William D. Kearfott (1864-1917)

Works Cited

1.	New North American Tortricidae. William Dunham Kearfott. 1907. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 1-97.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 18 August, 2013 - 4:02pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 5 February, 2018 - 9:00am

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