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Tortricidae
51a0821 – 2953   Eucosma rupestrana (McDunnough, 1925)

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Distribution: Type locality (rupestrana): Nordegg, AB.
Type locality (vernalana): S. March, ON.
Genitalia: See Can. Entomol. 57(1): 17; pl. 1, fig. 7.
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Synonymy: Thiodia rupestrana McDunnough, 1925
Thiodia vernalana McDunnough, 1942
Taxonomic Notes: Eucosma rupestrana (McDunnough, 1925), formerly in the genus Phaneta, Gilligan et al. (2013), Zootaxa, 3746(2): 301-337, includes as a synonym 2954 Phaneta vernalana (McDunnough, 1942), Wright & Gilligan, 2015:74.
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Gilligan, T.M. & D.J. Wright, 2013. Revised world catalogue of Eucopina, Eucosma, Pelochrista, and Phaneta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). Zootaxa, 3746(2): 301-337.
  • McDunnough, J., 1925. New Canadian Lepidoptera with notes. The Canadian Entomologist, 57(1): 17.
  • McDunnough, J.H., 1942. Tortricid notes and descriptions. The Canadian Entomologist, 74(4): 67 (vernalana).
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Wright, D.J. & T.M. Gilligan, 2015. Eucosma Hübner of the contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 9.4: 1-256, order.
Eucosma rupestrana
© Jason Dombroskie
Eucosma rupestrana
© Jason Dombroskie

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