Comadia bertholdi

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Comadia bertholdi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Comadia
Species:
C. bertholdi
Binomial name
Comadia bertholdi
(Grote, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Hypopta bertholdiGrote, 1880
  • Hypopta edwardiNeumoegen & Dyar, 1893
  • Comadia engelhardtiBarnes & Benjamin, 1923
  • Comadia stabilisBarnes & Benjamin, 1923
  • Comadia polingiBarnes & Benjamin, 1927

Comadia bertholdi, the lupine borer moth, is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Washington, Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, California, Nevada and New Mexico. [1]

The length of the forewings is 13–17 mm for males and 18–19 mm for females. [2] Adults have been recorded on wing from April to August. [3]

The larvae feed on Lupinus species.

Subspecies

References

  1. Comadia at funet
  2. Brown, R.M., 1975: A revision the North American Comadia (Cossidae). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 14 (4): 180-212. Full article:
  3. mothphotographersgroup