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Tortricidae
51a0504.1 – 2714   Paralobesia sambuci (Clarke, 1953)

© Ken Childs
Distribution: PA to FL, KS and TX.
Holotype: Putnam Co., IL.
Description/
Field Marks:
See Royals et al. (2019), Mem. Lepid. Soc., (6): 55; Figs. 97–100, 176, 217.
Similar Species:
  • P. vernoniana
  • P. wontonana
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Polychrosis sambuci Clarke, 1953
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:ACE6577
  • Clarke, J.F.G., 1953. New species of Olethreutidae from Illinois. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 43: 228.
  • Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 48.19. (out of print)
  • Royals, H.R., J-F. Landry, T. M. Gilligan, 2019. Paralobesia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a systematic revision. The Lepidopterists' Society, Memoir No. 6: 1-149.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Paralobesia sambuci
Gen. - © Ken Childs
Paralobesia sambuci
Gen. - © Ken Childs
Paralobesia sambuci
© Mark Dreiling - DNA
Paralobesia sambuci
11mm - LG – © Jim Vargo
Paralobesia sambuci
- 11mm – © U. S. National Museum

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