Choreutidae
47a0045 –
2648 Tebenna onustana
(Walker, 1864)
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© Tom Murray
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| Distribution: |
New England and the Maritime Provinces to MI, OH and PA; Pacific Northwest; Rockies. The population from western NA may represent a separate species or subspecies. There are no records from the Great Plains and the sole sequenced western specimens is well separated by DNA barcode. |
Description/
Field Marks: |
A member of the onustana species-group. See Heppner (2023), Lepid. Novae, 15(3-4): 154; fig. 64, 66, 69-70, 74-76, F13, M13. |
| Similar Species: |
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
onustana (Walker, 1864) (Simaethis) - MONA 1983: 2648
Type locality: Nova Scotia.ohiensis (Zeller, 1876) (Choreutis)
Type locality: Ohio.ohioensis (Kearfott, 1902) (Choreutis) missp. |
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| 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.
- Heppner, J.B., 2023. Nearctic Metalmark Moths, 7. Genus Tebenna and new genus Pseudotebenna (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae: Choreutinae). Lepidoptera Novae, 15(3-4): 121-172.
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Species Page at Mass Moths
- Walker, F., 1864. Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 30: 996.
- Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 320 (ohiensis, syn.)
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© Jason Dombroskie
© Tom Murray
DNA (western) © Libby & Rick Avis
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© Jason Dombroskie
10mm – © Jim Vargo
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