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Tortricidae
51a1237 – 3324   Epinotia columbia (Kearfott, 1904)

DNA - © Jim Moore
Distribution: Canada: BC to QC (note: records from eastern BC east to QC may refer to albidorsana); USA: WA south to southern CA.
Type locality (columbia): Wellington, BC.
Type locality (var. albidorsana): Kaslo, BC.
Type locality (var. mediostriana): Wellington, BC.
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Synonymy: Proteopteryx columbia Kearfott, 1904
Proteopteryx albidorsana Kearfott, 1904
Tortrix crenana of authors not Hübner, [1817]
Proteopteryx mediostriana Kearfott, 1904
Taxonomic Notes: Epinotia columbia (Kearfott, 1904) is elevated from synonymy of Epinotia crenana [3324] (extralimital) in R. L. Brown's unpublished Master’s thesis with new status formalized in Brown (2005). This species is represented at BOLD by two BINs, BOLD:AAF0407, likely "true" crenana, and BOLD:AAE1754, likely an undescribed cryptic species (Gilligan et al. 2020); the latter possibly refers to albidorsana Kearfott, originally described as a variety of columbia  (M. Sabourin, pers. comm., 2023). Compare lectotypes of in references.
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:AAE1754 (albidorsana) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAF0407 (columbia) - 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.
  • Kearfott, W.D., 1904. New tortricids from Kaslo, B. C., and the northwest. . The Canadian Entomologist, 36: 112 (columbia); 113 (var. albidorsana); 114 (var. mediostriana).
  • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 16.11f, 16.12f; p. 138. Book Review and ordering
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at the American Museum of Natural History (lectotype of albidorsana)
  • Species Page at the American Museum of Natural History (lectotype of columbia)
  • Species Page at the American Museum of Natural History (lectotype of mediostriana)
Epinotia columbia
DNA - © Jim Moore
Epinotia columbia
cf. albidorsana - LG - (cc) J. Gagnon
Epinotia columbia
- lectotype (albidorsana) - LG – © AMNH
Epinotia columbia
CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
Epinotia columbia
CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
Epinotia columbia
cf. var. albidorsana - LG(cc) Jonathan Gagnon
Epinotia columbia
cf. columbia – © MEM
Epinotia columbia
13mm – © U. S. National Museum
Epinotia columbia
- 13mm – © U. S. National Museum
Epinotia columbia
cf. var. albidorsana - 14mm – © USNM
Epinotia columbia
cf. var. mediostriana - 14mm – © USNM
Epinotia columbia
15mm – © U. S. National Museum
Epinotia columbia
© Canadian National Collection LG


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