Moth Photographers Group – Genitalia – 510653 – 3365

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North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library

Tortricidae

510653 – 3365 – Ancylis spiraeifoliana (Clemens, 1860)

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Ancylis spiraeifoliana; (Clemens, 1860) is a justified emendation of spireaefoliana (Clemens, 1860), an original misspelling intended to be based on the host plant Spiraea opulifolius. Gilligan & Brown (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023) erroneously listed spiraeifoliana (Walsingham, 1879) as a synonym intending to following Hodges et al. (1983) which listed the same as an emendation. It was in fact Zeller (1875) who proposed the replacement name. (Pohl & Nanz 2025)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAB4282 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 12: 348.
Gilligan, T.M., D.J. Wright, L.D. Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine moths of the midwestern United States. An identification guide. Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey, 16(2): 162.265.
Heinrich, C., 1932. Notes on and descriptions of some American moths. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 79(287913), art. 13: 12.
McDunnough, J.H., 1955. Critical remarks on the synonymy of certain Anchylopera species, with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Eucosmidae). American Museum Novitates, 1725: 9. (PDF)
Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz, 2025. Corrections to the 2023 “Annotated Taxonomic Checklist Of The Lepidoptera Of North America, North Of Mexico”. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 79(2): 104-116.
Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)
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Zelle, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 251.

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