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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 » emaciatana group (Pelochrista emaciatana group) » Pelochrista emaciatana - Hodges#3088 (Pelochrista emaciatana)

Species Pelochrista emaciatana - Hodges#3088

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pelochrista, sp. - Pelochrista emaciatana

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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 (emaciatana group)

Species emaciatana (Pelochrista emaciatana - Hodges#3088)

Hodges Number

3088

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pelochrista emaciatana (Walsingham, 1884) (1)

Paedisca emaciatana Walsingham, 1884 (2)

Eucosma perpropinqua Wright, 2005 (3)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "thin, emaciated" for the comparison to Paedisca larana Walsingham because the "fore wings are narrower in proportion to their length." (2)

Size

Wingspan 22 mm. (2)

Range

Arizona. (2)

Print References

Walsingham, Lord. 1884. North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1884: 137. (2)

Heinrich, C., 1929. (perpropinqua); Notes on some North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 75: 8. (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)- Images are listed under Pelochrista perpropinqua (6)

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.	X. North American Tortricidae. Lord Walsingham. 1884. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1884: 121-147.

3.	Some Eucosmini (Tortricidae) associated with Eucosma emaciatana (Walsingham) and Eucosma totana... Donald J. Wright. 2005. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 59(3): 121-133.

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

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 April, 2014 - 5:26pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 11 February, 2022 - 8:46pm

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