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Tortricidae
51a0973.1 – 3151   Pelochrista scintillana (Clemens, 1865)

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Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • scintillana (Clemens, 1865) (Callimosema) - MONA 1983: 3151
  • circulana of authors; (not Hübner, 1823) (Tortrix) misid.
  • dodecana (Zeller, 1876) (Paedisca)
  • paraglypta (Meyrick, 1912) (Eucosma)
  • randana (Kearfott, 1907) (Eucosma)
  • 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, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 117.169. (PDF)
    • Meyrick, E., 1912. On some impossible specific names in Micro-Lepidoptera. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 48: 32-36.
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 15.31m; p. 135. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • 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.
    • Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.
    Pelochrista scintillana
    © Mark Dreiling
    Pelochrista scintillana
    © Jerry Armstrong
    Pelochrista scintillana
    © Mark Dreiling - DNA
    Pelochrista scintillana
    © John Davis
    Pelochrista scintillana
    © Carl Barrentine
    Pelochrista scintillana
    © Carl Barrentine
    Pelochrista scintillana
    CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
    Pelochrista scintillana
    18mm – © Jim Vargo
    Pelochrista scintillana
    18mm – © Jim Vargo

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