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Species Eucosma griseocapitana - Hodges#2996

Micro Moth Tortricidae - Yellowish, white w/ hash marks and horizontal row of dots - Eucosma griseocapitana Phaneta Moth - Eucosma griseocapitana Phaneta Moth - Eucosma griseocapitana Phaneta Moth - Eucosma griseocapitana Moth - Eucosma griseocapitana Eucosma griseocapitana Tortricidae: Eucosma griseocapitana - Eucosma griseocapitana Tortricidae: Eucosma griseocapitana - Eucosma griseocapitana
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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 (griseocapitana group)
Species griseocapitana (Eucosma griseocapitana - Hodges#2996)
Hodges Number
2996
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucosma griseocapitana (Walsingham, 1879) (1), (2)
Semasia griseocapitana Walsingham, 1879 (3)
Phaneta griseocapitana
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin griseus (mixture of white and black) and capitalis (head) meaning "gray-headed."
Size
Walsingham (1879) listed a wingspan of 18 mm. (3)
Range
Records from California and New Mexico. (4)
Type locality: Mount Shasta, California.
Print References
Gilligan, T.M., Wright, D.J., Munz, J., Yakobson, K. & M.P. Simmons, 2014. Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of Eucosma (Hübner) and related genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). Systematic Entomology 39(1): 53. (2)
Walsingham, L. 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, 4: 61; Pl.74, f.5. (3)
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.Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of Eucosma (Hübner) and related genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini)
Todd M. Gilligan, Donald J. Wright, Jacob Munz, Kendra Yakobson, Mark P. Simmons. 2014. Systematic Entomology, 39(1): 49–67.
3.North-American Torticidae
Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems