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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Cochylini » Eugnosta » Eugnosta busckana - Hodges#3786 (Eugnosta busckana)

Species Eugnosta busckana - Hodges#3786

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · 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 Tortricinae

Tribe Cochylini

Genus Eugnosta

Species busckana (Eugnosta busckana - Hodges#3786)

Hodges Number

3786

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eugnosta busckana (Comstock, 1939)

Carolella busckana Comstock, 1939 (1)

#3790 in the 1983 Hodges Checklist. (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet in honor of August Busck (1870-1944). Comstock notes that it's "close to C. mexicana Busck, but differs in having costal, apical and dorsal blackish brown dots" and genitalic differences. (1)

Size

Comstock (1939) reported the wingspan ranges from 15-28 mm. (1)

Holotype ♂ 21 mm.; allotype ♀ 25 mm. (1)

Identification

Comstock (1939) original description as Carolella busckana is avaiable online. (1)

Range

Southern California. (3)

Holotype ♂, El Segundo, Los Angeles Co., California, November 16, 1938 (W.D. Pierce).

Season

Comstock (1939) reported November, December, January, February. (1)

Food

Larval host is California brittlebush (Encelia californica). (4)

Remarks

Listed on the 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals (177).

Print References

Comstock, J.A., 1939. The fauna and flora of the El Segundo sand dunes [contd.]. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 38. p. 112; plate 22, fig. A. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

John Henry Comstock (1849-1931)

Works Cited

1.	The fauna and flora of the El Segundo sand dunes [contd.] John A. Comstock. 1939. Bulletin of The Southern California Academy of Sciences 38: 112-119.

2.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 January, 2014 - 12:34am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 1 February, 2018 - 8:33pm

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