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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 » corculana group (Eucosma corculana group) » Eucosma corculana - Hodges#2918 (Eucosma corculana)

Species Eucosma corculana - Hodges#2918

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Eucosma
No Taxon (corculana group)
Species corculana (Eucosma corculana - Hodges#2918)
Hodges Number
2918
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucosma corculana (Zeller, 1874) (1)
Semasia corculana Zeller, 1874 (2)
Phaneta corculana
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin corcula meaning "little heart."
Numbers
There are more than 100 species of the genus Phaneta in America north of Mexico. (3)
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length as 6.5-9 mm. (3)
Range
Powell & Opler (2009) reported the range to include Vancouver Island to California(4) and Colorado. (3)
Moth Photographers Group includes Arizona. (5)
Holotype ♀ collected in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in BMNH.
Habitat
Powell & Opler (2009) stated this is a boreal species (8,000-14,000'). (3)
Season
Powell & Opler (2009) collected adults mainly during June and July, but did record April specimens near the coast. (3)
Moth Photographers Group shows records for June to September. (5)
Food
Powell & Opler (2009) did not list a host plant but found the adults in close association with Wyethia angustifolia (DC.) Nutt. (California compassplant). (3)
Life Cycle
Powell & Opler (2009) mentioned the immature stages are unknown. (3)
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 14, fig. 41; p. 132. (3)
Wright, D.J., 2010. Nine new species of Phaneta Stephens (Tortricidae) from western North America, with review of ten related species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 64(3): 117-138. (6)
Zeller, P.C., 1874. Lepidoptera of the west coast of America. Transaction of the Royal Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna, 24: 433. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
University of California, Berkeley
Tortricidae.com
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Philipp Christoph Zeller (Wikipedia)
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.Lepidoptera der Westküste Amerika's.
Philipp Christoph Zeller. 1874. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 24: 423-448.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Nine new species of Phaneta (Stephens) Tortricidae from western North America, with review of ten related species
Donald J. Wright. 2010. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 64 (3): 117-138.
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 October, 2013 - 10:17pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 December, 2017 - 12:26pm

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