Google
WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Tortricidae
51a1186.3 – 3330   Crocidosema unica (Heinrich, 1923)

© Royal Tyler
Distribution: Southeastern US.
Holotype: Knoxville, TN.
Larva and
Host Plants:
Bradburya virginiana
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Epinotia unica Heinrich, 1923
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • 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: 221; pl. 54, fig 376.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Tyler, R. & M. Sabourin, 2019. Notes on Crocidosema Unica (Heinrich; Eucosmini). Southern Lepidopterists' News, 41(1): 1-4.
Crocidosema unica
© Royal Tyler
Crocidosema unica
© Royal Tyler
Crocidosema unica
© Royal Tyler
Crocidosema unica
- holotype - LG(cc) U. S. National Museum
Crocidosema unica
© George Smiley LG
final instar on Centrosema virginianum - 11mm
Crocidosema unica
© George Smiley LG
Prepupal - 6mm
Crocidosema unica
© George Smiley LG
5.5mm

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone