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Tortricidae
51a0897.1 – 3037   Pelochrista agricolana (Walsingham, 1879)

© Bob Martin
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Synonymy:
  • agricolana (Walsingham, 1879) (Paedisca) - MONA 1983: 3037
  • argentialbana of authors; (not Walsingham, 1879) (Paedisca) misid.
  • barbara (Miller, 1974) (Eucosma)
  • britana (McDunnough, 1927) (Eucosma) (var. of argentialbana (Walsingham)) TL: Seton Lake, BC.
  • smithiana (Walsingham, 1895) (Paedisca)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Pelochrista agicrolana (Walsingham, 1879), transferred from the genus Eucosma in Gilligan et al. (2013), includes as synonyms P. smithiana (Walsingham, 1895), P. barbara (Miller, 1974) and the subspecies P. argentialbana britana (McDunnough, 1927) in Wright & Gilligan (2017), MONA Fascicle 9.5: 37-39.
    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.
    • Gilligan, T.M. & D.J. Wright, 2013. Revised world catalogue of Eucopina, Eucosma, Pelochrista, and Phaneta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). Zootaxa, 3746(2): 301-337.
    • Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 104.138. (PDF)
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Wright, D.J. & T.M. Gilligan, 2017. Pelochrista Lederer of the Contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 9.5: 1-376, order.
    Pelochrista agricolana
    15mm – © Jim Vargo

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