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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Pseudexentera » Pseudexentera habrosana - Hodges#3256 (Pseudexentera habrosana)

Species Pseudexentera habrosana - Hodges#3256

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pseudexentera sp. - Pseudexentera habrosana - female

Pseudexentera - Pseudexentera habrosana - male

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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 Pseudexentera

Species habrosana (Pseudexentera habrosana - Hodges#3256)

Hodges Number

3256

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pseudexentera habrosana (Heinrich, 1923)

Exentera habrosana Heinrich, 1923 (1)

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 7-10.5 mm. (2)

Identification

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

Range

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the species occurs along the entire California coast from sea level to 2,000'. (2)

Holotype male and paratype female: San Diego, CA (W.S. Wright, 3-17-12, 3-18-12).

Season

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the adults are most common from January to mid-March with a few records from November and December. (2)

Food

Miller (1986) reported the larvae feed on Quercus agrifolia, and Q. wislizeni

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 123: 178. (1)

Miller, 1986. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 40(3), p. 233; figs. 19-20, 37, 54.

Powell, J.A., 1961. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 37: 203.

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 16, figs.3, 4; p. 136. (2)

Internet References

University of California, Berkeley

Moth Photographers Group (4)

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

Carl Heinrich

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae Carl Heinrich. 1923. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 1-298.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 April, 2014 - 7:13pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 December, 2017 - 1:10pm

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