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Species Pelochrista avalona - Hodges#3020

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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 (caniceps group)
Species avalona (Pelochrista avalona - Hodges#3020)
Hodges Number
3020
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pelochrista avalona (McDunnough, 1938) Gilligan & Wright, 2013 (1)
Eucosma avalona McDunnough, 1938
Numbers
There are more than 168 named species of the genus Eucosma in America north of Mexico. (2)
Range
California. (3), (2)
Season
April; June; August, September. (2)
Food
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2006) reported Artemisia californica. (4)
Print References
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2006. Larval host plant records of Asteraceae root-feeding Eucosmini in California and adjacent states (Tortricidae). Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society, 60: 191. (4)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 15, fig. 12; p. 134. (5)
McDunnough, 1938. New Lepidoptera from southern California. The Canadian Entomologist. 70: 58