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Pyralidae
80a0367 – 5859.1   Dioryctria westerlandi Donahue & Neunzig, 2005
Distribution Data for Dioryctria westerlandi
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Description/
Field Marks:
Forewing antemedial white line is outwardly angled from costal margin. (Heppner 2023)
Similar Species:
  • 80a0368.2n Dioryctria argentibrunnea: Forewing antemedial white line is outwardly angled from costal margin. (Heppner 2023)
  • 80a0368 Dioryctria fordi: Forewing antemedial white line is inwardly angled from costal margin. (Heppner 2023)
  • 80a0368.1n Dioryctria lagunae: Forewing antemedial white line straight and perpendicular at costal margin. (Heppner 2023)
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • westerlandi Donahue & Neunzig, 2005 (Dioryctria) - MONA 1983: [NEW since Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)]; Holotype: California, [Sierra Nevada Range], Placer Co., Ward Creek, 2 mi. S Tahoe City.
  • westerlandi Donahue & Neunzig, 2003 (Dioryctria) nom. nud. - MONA 1983: [NEW]
  • westlanderi Pohl & Nanz, 2025 (Dioryctria) missp.
  • Taxonomic Notes: Although Donahue & Neunzig (2005) was published subsequent to Donahue & Neunzig (in Neunzig 2003), the use of this name in the latter is unavailable for not complying with ICZN Articles 16.1 and 72.3 and is therefore nomen nudum (Alma Solis, pers. comm., 18Jan2024) (Pohl & Nanz 2025). This name was erroneously listed with 2002 as the publication year in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023) following Neunzig (2003) who cited Donahue & Neunzig (2002), Holarctic Lep., 8: 33-36, a publication delayed until 2005. In correcting this error, Pohl & Nanz (2025) misspelled both names as "westlanderi".
    References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)
    • Donahue J.P. & H.H. Neunzig, 2003 (2005). Two new Dioryctria from California (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae). Holarctic Lepidoptera, 10(1-2): 33; figs. 1, 3-5. (PDF or read online)
    • Heppner, J.B., 2023. New Dioryctria from Southern California (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae). Lepidoptera Novae, 16(2): 135, Fig. 10-11, 17, 23, 29, 34-36, 46.
    • Neunzig, H. H., 2003. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5, p. 192; pl. 7.24. order or free PDF
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at iNaturalist
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