Comadia bertholdi

Comadia bertholdi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Comadia
Species:
C. bertholdi
Binomial name
Comadia bertholdi
(Grote, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Hypopta bertholdi Grote, 1880
  • Hypopta edwardi Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893
  • Comadia engelhardti Barnes & Benjamin, 1923
  • Comadia stabilis Barnes & Benjamin, 1923
  • Comadia polingi Barnes & 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

  • Comadia bertholdi bertholdi (California, Colorado, Wyoming)
  • Comadia bertholdi indistincta Brown, 1976 (California)
  • Comadia bertholdi polingi Barnes & Benjamin, 1927 (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico)

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: [1]
  3. ^ mothphotographersgroup


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