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Tortricidae
51a0070.1 – 3571   Eana niveosana (Packard, 1866)
Distribution Data for Eana niveosana
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Distribution: Alaska to Newfoundland.
Similar Species:
  • Eana idahoensis Obraztsov, 1963 may be represented in part by BOLD:AAA4129, a BIN group divided by DNA barcode in two clusters, one primarily southern AB and BC and the other ranging across Canada to Alaska. (M. Sabourin, per. comm., 2024).
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • niveosana (Packard, 1866) (Phalaena) REV. STAT.
      Type locality: Canada. "Labrador, Hopedale".
  • Taxonomic Notes: Eana niveosana (Packard, 1866), rev. stat. (Gilligan & Brown in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023), was previously listed as a subspecies of E. osseana (Scopoli, 1763) in Brown (2005:266). Gilligan et al. (2020:12) note that DNA barcode data supports returning niveosana to full species status as one of three cryptic species (two Nearctic and one Holarctic) near osseana which they treat as extralimital to North America (Palearctic).
    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.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAA4129 (niveosana (part) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Brown, J.W., 2005. Tortricidae (Lepidoptera). World Catalogue of Insects, 5: 1-741.
    • Gilligan, T.M., J.W. Brown, J, Baixeras, 2020. Immigrant Tortricidae: Holarctic versus Introduced Species in North America. Insects, 11(9), 594: 1-59.
    • Obraztsov, N.S., 1962. North American species of the genus Eana, with a general review of the genus, and descriptions of two new species (Tortricidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(3): 175-192.
    • Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).
    Eana niveosana
    © Jason Dombroskie
    Eana niveosana
    19mm – © Mississippi Entomological Museum
    Eana niveosana
    - lectotype (niveosana) - LG – © Todd M. Gilligan
    Eana niveosana
    21mm – © U. S. National Museum
    Eana niveosana
    22mm – © U. S. National Museum
    Eana niveosana
    22mm – © U. S. National Museum

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