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Catoptria trichostoma

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SeasonalityJuly. IdentificationA small crambid (17-20 mm wingspan). Forewing dark brown with a broad, oblique blackish median band followed by a whitish band; there is a dark subterminal band followed by a sinuate white band then a dark bank; the terminal line is narrow and black; the fringe is gray, cut with white. Hind wing brown. The male genitalia are illustrtated in Landry (1995).
Scientific Name Catoptria trichostoma Habitat Coniferous forest. Seasonality July. Identification
A small crambid (17-20 mm wingspan). Forewing dark brown with a broad, oblique blackish median band followed by a whitish band; there is a dark subterminal band followed by a sinuate white band then a dark bank; the…
A small crambid (17-20 mm wingspan). Forewing dark brown with a broad, oblique blackish median band followed by a whitish band; there is a dark subterminal band followed by a sinuate white band then a dark bank; the terminal line is narrow and black; the fringe is gray, cut with white. Hind wing brown. The male genitalia are illustrtated in Landry (1995).
Life History Unknown. Conservation Poorly known in Alberta, but probably of no concern. Diet Info Unknown. Range A North American species. Alaska to Labrador and Baffin Island (Northwest Territories) south to treeline and in Rockies to southern Alberta (Lafontaine & Wood 1997).

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"Species Details - Catoptria trichostoma, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2917. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

Authorship

Name Bird, C. D.
Role species page author
Date 2003-04

References

Specimen Information

There are 8 specimens of this Species.

8 results plotted on map in 2 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

UASM6725 - Catoptria trichostoma

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1924-07-21

UASM6726 - Catoptria trichostoma

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1926-07-20

UASM6727 - Catoptria trichostoma

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1926-07-20

UASM6728 - Catoptria trichostoma

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1926-07-20

UASM6729 - Catoptria trichostoma

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1934-06-24

UASM6730 - Catoptria trichostoma

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1924-07-21

UASM78496 - Catoptria trichostoma

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park, Gardiner Lakes Collected ByMacaulay, D. A.; Macaulay, S. H. Date Collected2004-07-10

UASM78497 - Catoptria trichostoma

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park, Gardiner Lakes Collected ByMacaulay, D. A.; Macaulay, S. H. Date Collected2004-07-10

Adult Seasonal Distribution