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Species Eucosma griseocapitana - Hodges#2996

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)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Lord Walsingham (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.	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

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 December, 2013 - 3:44pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 December, 2017 - 10:35am

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