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Opostegidae 16a0100 – 0125   Opostegoides scioterma (Meyrick, 1920)              Gooseberry Barkminer

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Distribution: "Probably widespread across most of the northern USA and southern Canada from western Oregon,Washington, and British Colombia east to Ontario and Maine." - Davis & Stonis (2007) Larva and Host Plants: Gooseberry (Ribes spp.). The common name "Gooseberry Barkminer" was erroneously applied to P. quardristrigella originally due to misidentification in Grossenbacher (1910). Description/ Field Marks: See Davis & Stonis (2007), Smithson. Contr. Zool., 625: 42; figs. 10,11, 21, 25, 26, 32, 36, 42, 91-108,136, 259, 260, 424,425. Genitalia: See Davis & Stonis (2007) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: nonstriga [sic] of Grossenbacher, 1910 (Heppner, 2003) (Opostega) quadristrigella of Forbes, 1923; (not Chambers, 1875) (Opostega) scioterma (Meyrick, 1920) (Opostega) - MONA 1983: 0125   Type locality: Holotype: Toronto, ON. nonstriga; Heppner, 2003 (Opostegoides) missp. nonstrigella of authors; (not Chambers, 1881) (Opostega) misid. quadristrigella of authors; (not Chambers, 1875) (Opostega) missp.; misid.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Davis, D.R. & J.R. Stonis, 2007. A revision of the New World plant-mining moths of the family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea) Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 625: 1-212. Davis, D.R. & J.R. Stonis, 2007. A revision of the New World plant-mining moths of the family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea) Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 625: 1-212. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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