Comadia bertholdi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Comadia |
| Species: | C. bertholdi
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| 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, 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
[edit]- Comadia bertholdi bertholdi (California, Colorado, Wyoming)
- Comadia bertholdi indistincta Brown, 1976 (California)
- Comadia bertholdi polingi Barnes & Benjamin, 1927 (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico)
References
[edit]- ^ 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