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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Pelochrista » agricolana group (Pelochrista agricolana group) » Pelochrista russeola - Hodges#3056 (Pelochrista russeola)

Species Pelochrista russeola - Hodges#3056

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · 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 Pelochrista

No Taxon (agricolana group)

Species russeola (Pelochrista russeola - Hodges#3056)

Hodges Number

3056

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pelochrista russeola (Heinrich, 1929) (1)

Eucosma russeola Heinrich, 1929 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin russus meaning "red" for this "unmarked reddish ocherous species."

Size

Heinrich (1929) listed a wingspan of 20 mm. (2)

Identification

Heinrich (1929) original description is online in PDF. (2)

Heinrich (1929) also states "An easily recognized species resembling in color Kearfott's immaculana, but with narrower fore wing, paler hind wing, and quite different genitalia." (2)

Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Range

Described from southern California. (2)

Holotype male: Los Angeles, CA (Karl R. Coolidge, June 11 '21).

See Also

Eucosma immaculana

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1929. Notes on some North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 75: 6. (2)

Internet References

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Carl Heinrich (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.	Notes on some North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae Carl Heinrich. 1929. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 75(2779): 1-23.

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 April, 2014 - 10:23pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 20 December, 2017 - 2:48pm

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