Biology:Comadia bertholdi
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Short description: Species of moth
| Comadia bertholdi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lepidoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Cossidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Comadia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">C. bertholdi |
| Binomial name | |
| Comadia bertholdi (Grote, 1880)
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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 (state) , 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. The ground colour of the forewings ranges from light grey to dark ash, with black suffusion.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from April to August.[3]
The larvae feed on Lupinus species.
Subspecies
- Comadia bertholdi bertholdi (California, Colorado, Wyoming)
- Comadia bertholdi indistincta Brown, 1976 (California)
- Comadia bertholdi polingi Barnes & Benjamin, 1927 (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico)
References
- ↑ Comadia at funet
- ↑ Brown, R.M., 1975: A revision the North American Comadia (Cossidae). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 14 (4): 180-212. Full article: [1]
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
Wikidata ☰ Q13474509 entry
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