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Tortricidae
51a0880 – 3110   Eucosma gomonana Kearfott, 1907

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Distribution: Widespread in the east.
Description/
Field Marks:
(Wright & Gilligan (2019), Jour. Lepid. Soc., 73(2): 114; figs. 4a-d.
Genitalia: (Wright & Gilligan (2019), Jour. Lepid. Soc., 73(2): 115; figs. 12a-f.
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • gomonana Kearfott, 1907 (Eucosma) - MONA 1983: 3110
      Type locality: Lectotype: Essex County Park, Essex Co., NJ.
  • discipula Meyrick, 1912 (Eucosma)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Eucosma gomonana Kearfott, 1907, formerly placed in the genus Eucosma and later designated as [Eucosmini-unplaced], is returned to Eucosma, Jour. Lepid. Soc., 73(2): 114.
    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. 115.166. (PDF)
    • Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New Microlepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 39: 78.
    • Meyrick, E., 1912. On some impossible specific names in Micro-Lepidoptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 48: 32-36.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Wright D.J. & T.M. Gilligan, 2019. Review of Eight unplaced Nearctic Eucosmini (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) and descriptions of a new species. Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society, 73(2): 109-121.
    Eucosma gomonana
    © Ken Childs
    Eucosma gomonana
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