Cochylichroa arthuri
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| Cochylichroa arthuri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Subfamily: | Tortricinae |
| Tribe: | Cochylini |
| Genus: | Cochylichroa |
| Species: | C. arthuri
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| Binomial name | |
| Cochylichroa arthuri (Dang, 1984)
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Cochylichroa arthuri, Arthur’s sunflower moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Saskatchewan, Manitoba, North Dakota, Indiana, Minnesota, Montana and Ohio.[1]
The wingspan is 12 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September.
The larvae feed within the heads and on the seeds of Helianthus annuus.[2]
Cochylichroa arthuri was formerly a member of the genus Cochylis, but was moved to the redefined genus Cochylichroa in 2019 as a result of phylogenetic analysis.[3][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "North American Moth Photographers Group, Cochylichroa arthuri". Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- ^ The Moths of North Dakota
- ^ Brown, John Wesley (2019). "New genera, new species, and new combinations in new world Cochylina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)". Zootaxa. 4671 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4671.2.2.
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