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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Cossidae
53a0042 – 2686   Comadia bertholdi (Grote, 1880)
             Lupine Borer

© Jim Johnson
Description/
Field Marks:
See Brown (1975), J. res. lepid., 14(4):203-207.
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • bertholdi (Grote, 1880) (Hypopta) - MONA 1983: 2686
  • ssp. a. bertholdi (Grote, 1880) (Hypopta) - MONA 1983: 2686
  • edwardi (Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893) (Hypopta)
  • edwardsi; (Dalla Torre, 1923) (Hypopta) missp.
  • engelhardti Barnes & Benjamin, 1923 (Comadia)
  • stabilis Barnes & Benjamin, 1923 (Comadia)
  • ssp. b. indistincta Brown, [1976] 1975 (Comadia)
  • ssp. c. polingi Barnes & Benjamin, 1927 (Comadia)
  • References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)
    Comadia bertholdi
    © Jim Johnson
    Comadia bertholdi
    © Jim Johnson
    Comadia bertholdi
    © Edna Woodward
    Comadia bertholdi
    CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
    Comadia bertholdi
    35mm – © Jim Vargo
    Comadia bertholdi
    35mm – © Jim Vargo
    Comadia bertholdi
    - LG – © Paul Dennehy
    Comadia bertholdi
    - LG – © Paul Dennehy

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