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Tortricidae 51a0973.2n – 3151.1   Pelochrista purgatoriana Wright, 2024

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Similar Species: Pelochrista scintillana (Clemens, 1865) Eucosma circulana (Hübner, 1823) Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: purgatoriana Wright, 2024 (Pelochrista) - MONA 1983: 3151   Type locality: Holotype: JE Canyon Ranch, Chacuaco Canyon, Las Animas Co., CO. Taxonomic Notes: Pelochrista purgatoriana Wright, 2024, n. sp., Jour. Lepid. Soc., 78(4): 258; figs. 14-15, 20a-c.

References

Wright, D.J., 2024. Four New Nearctic Eucosmini (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) and an update on Eucosma southamptonensis (Heinrich). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 78(4): 253-260.

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