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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. Synonymy: gomonana Kearfott, 1907 (Eucosma) - MONA 1983: 3110; Lectotype: Essex County Park, Essex Co., NJ. discipula Meyrick, 1912 (Eucosma); TL: (no type). Note: Unjustified replacement name. 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 (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) 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. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 48: 32-36. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist 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.

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