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Species Endothenia melanosticta - Hodges#2736

Tortricidae - Endothenia melanosticta Endothenia melanosticta Endothenia melanosticta Endothenia melanosticta Olethreutinae  - Endothenia melanosticta Endothenia melanosticta Endothenia melanosticta Endothenia melanosticta
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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 Olethreutini
Genus Endothenia
Species melanosticta (Endothenia melanosticta - Hodges#2736)
Hodges Number
2736
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Endothenia melanosticta (Walsingham, 1895)
Penthina melanosticta Walsingham, 1895 (1)
syn. Epinotia flavillana Dyar, 1903
Numbers
There are 12 species of the genus Endothenia in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Walsingham (1895) reported a wingspan of 24 mm.
Range
Arizona and Nevada to New Mexico and Wyoming. (2)
Holotype from Colorado, Larimer County, 10,000' (Smith, July 1891).
Season
The flight period appears to be June and July. (2)
Print References
Walsingham, L., 1895. XXI. New species of North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1895: 500. (1)
Works Cited
1.XXI. New Species of North American Tortricidae.
Lord Walsingham. 1895. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1895: 495-518.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems