Eucosma abstemia

Eucosma abstemia is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1932.[1][2][3][4] It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Colorado, Arizona and California.[5]

Eucosma abstemia
Eucosma abstemia early sketch of E. bactrana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Eucosma
Species:
E. abstemia
Binomial name
Eucosma abstemia
Meyrick, 1932
Synonyms
  • Pelochrista abstemia
  • Eucosma bactrana Heinrich, 1923 (preocc. Kennel, 1901)

The wingspan is 26–30 mm. The forewings are grayish white, dusted with ashy-grayish-ocherous and fuscous scales, giving the entire wing an ocherous-gray or pale fuscous-gray appearance. The markings are faint without a distinct basal patch, but in unrubbed specimens a fuscous clouding at the base of the cell. There is an arc of similar but very faint dark shading from the middle of the costa, touching the upper outer angle of the cell and extending to the apex. At the apex, there is a large pale, but distinctly ocherous-fuscous spot. The basal third of the costa is dark fuscous. The hindwings are pale smoky fuscous.[6] Adults have been recorded in July and August.

References
  1. "620886.00 – 3106 – Pelochrista bactrana – (Meyrick, 1932)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eucosma abstemia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  3. "Eucosma abstemia Meyrick, 1932". Insecta.pro. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  4. "Eucosma abstemia Meyrick, 1932". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015.
  5. "620886.00 – 3106 – Pelochrista bactrana – (Meyrick, 1932)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  6. Bent, Arthur Cleveland (November 11, 1922). Life Histories of North America Petrels and Pelicans and their Allies: Order Tubinares and Order Steganopodes: Bulletin 121. Smithsonian Institution. pp. 117–118. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  • Boone, Mike (December 9, 2017). "Genus Eucosma". BugGuide. Retrieved February 5, 2020.


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