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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 » Pelochrista fraudabilis - Hodges#3053 (Pelochrista fraudabilis)

Species Pelochrista fraudabilis - Hodges#3053

Hodges#3053 Eucosma fraudabilis?? - Pelochrista fraudabilis

Pelochrista fraudabilis - Hodges#3053 - Pelochrista fraudabilis

Spangled Pelochrista - Pelochrista fraudabilis

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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

Species fraudabilis (Pelochrista fraudabilis - Hodges#3053)

Hodges Number

3053

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pelochrista fraudabilis (Heinrich, 1923) (1)

Eucosma fraudabilis Heinrich, 1923 (2)

Size

Wingspan 13-16 mm. (2)

Identification

Quoting original description (2):

"Like fratruelis Heinrich in size and general appearance, but much paler. Ground color of fore wing buckskin yellow, with straight narrow antimedian and a similar median fascia; fuscous dusting in fore wing limited to area about ocellus and bordering median fascia. Head and thorax concolorous with fore wing. Hind wing pale ochreous fuscous."

Range

Scant records from the southeastern United Sates. (3) BugGuide record adds New Jersey. (4)

Type locality: Southern Pines, North Carolina. (2)

Print References

Heinrich, C., 1923. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 123: 98. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (5)

Carl Heinrich (Wikipedia)

iNaturalist

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.	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.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Pelochrista fraudabilis - Hodges#3053

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 July, 2014 - 9:05pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 29 September, 2025 - 8:53am

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