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Tortricidae
51a0996.1 – 3142   Pelochrista cataclystiana (Walker, 1863)
             Solidago Pelochrista

© Carol Wolf
Similar Species:
  • Eucosma grindeliana has FW termen with sinuate black line.
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • cataclystiana Walker 1863 (Paedisca) - MONA 1983: 3142
  • Taxonomic Notes: Pelochrista cataclystiana: Formerly placed in the genus Eucosma, Gilligan et al. (2013), Zootaxa, 3746(2): 301-337.
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Gilligan, T.M. & D.J. Wright, 2013. Revised world catalogue of Eucopina, Eucosma, Pelochrista, and Phaneta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). Zootaxa, 3746(2): 301-337.
    • Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 115.167. (PDF)
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Wright, D.J. & T.M. Gilligan, 2017. Pelochrista Lederer of the Contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 9.5: 1-376, order.
    Pelochrista cataclystiana
    © Nolie Schneider
    Pelochrista cataclystiana
    © Bo Zaremba
    Pelochrista cataclystiana
    © Hugh McGuinness
    Pelochrista cataclystiana
    © Mark Dreiling - DNA
    Pelochrista cataclystiana
    © John Lee
    Pelochrista cataclystiana
    © John Lee
    Pelochrista cataclystiana
    © Ken Childs
    Pelochrista cataclystiana
    16mm – © Jim Vargo

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