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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Eucosmini » Crocidosema » Cotton Tipworm Moth - Hodges#3274 (Crocidosema plebejana-of-authors)

Species Crocidosema plebejana-of-authors - Cotton Tipworm Moth - Hodges#3274

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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 Crocidosema
Species plebejana-of-authors (Cotton Tipworm Moth - Hodges#3274)
Hodges Number
3274
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Crocidosema plebejana of authors not Zeller, 1847
Identification
Sexually dimorphic. The black patch at the wing base of the female does not extend to the coastal margin. The coastal margin of males has dark scales from base to apex.
Remarks
This page is for Crocidosema plebejana of authors not Zeller, 1847, which represents one or more cryptic species. True plebejana is Palearctic.(1)
Print References
Zeller, P.C., 1847. Isis von Oken, 1847: 721.
Heinrich, 1923: 190; pl. 1, fig. 10 (hindwing ♂); pl. 5, fig. 29, 29a (gen. ♂); pl. 49, fig. 325 (gen. ♂). (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults (3)
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (4)
Wikipedia - detail description (5)
UK Moths
Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808-1883)
Works Cited
1.Immigrant Tortricidae: Holarctic versus Introduced Species in North America
Gilligan, T.M., J.W. Brown, J, Baixeras. 2020. Insects, 11(9), 594: 1-59.
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.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.Wikipedia
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 27 February, 2007 - 7:38pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 22 May, 2021 - 5:34am

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