Google   MPG (species pages only) MPG (entire website) Entire Web


Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Gelechiidae
59a0647.01n – 1733.11   Aristotelia corallina complex Baer, 2018
Distribution Data for Aristotelia corallina complex
Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps
Taxonomic: Notes Aristotelia corallina complex includes four clades from the US, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico represented at BOLD by BINs: AAH5498, AAT9249, AAA8061, and AAA8062. We tentatively recognize two more BINs: AAH4809 and AEH1853. A. corallina, previously recognized within the North American fauna north of Mexico in Kimball (1965) and Lee et al. (2009), is treated as unverified by Lee & Landry (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023). Specimens from north of Mexico identified as "corallina" in many collections and at BOLD appear to represent several cryptic species; it is unclear which, if any, refer to "true" corallina (Baer 2018).
Synonymy:
  • corallina complex Baer, 2018 (Aristotelia) - MONA 1983: [NEW]
  • Host Plants: Chamaecrista nictitans in MS, NC (Baer 2018) and Fl (Kimball 1965).
    Similar  : Species
    • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
    References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)
    • Baer, C.S., 2018. Shelter Building and Extrafloral Nectar Exploitation by a Member of the Aristotelia corallina Species Complex (Gelechiidae) on Costa Rican Acacias. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 72(1): 44-52.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAA8061 (TX, FL). - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAA8062 (OK, AL, FL). - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAH4809 (AZ). [not included in Baer (2018)] - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAT9249 (Costa Rica). - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAT9249 (Puerto Rico). - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AEH1853 (AZ, TX). [not included in Baer (2018)] - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • Kimball, C.P., 1965. Lepidoptera of Florida. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas, 1: 1-363.
    • Pohl, G.R. & 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). (PDF (no fee) or order book)
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    Photographs are needed for this species.

    Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

    Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

    Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone