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Choreutidae
47a0045 – 2648   Tebenna onustana (Walker, 1864)

© Tom Murray
Distribution: New England and the Maritime Provinces to MI, OH and PA; Pacific Northwest; Rockies. The population from western NA may represent a separate species or subspecies. There are no records from the Great Plains and the sole sequenced western specimens is well separated by DNA barcode.
Description/
Field Marks:
A member of the onustana species-group. See Heppner (2023), Lepid. Novae, 15(3-4): 154; fig. 64, 66, 69-70, 74-76, F13, M13.
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • onustana Walker 1864 (Simaethis) - MONA 1983: 2648; Type locality: Nova Scotia
  • ohiensis Zeller 1876 (Choreutis); Type locality: Ohio
  • ohioensis Kearfott 1902 (Choreutis) missp.
  • 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.
    • Heppner, J.B., 2023. Nearctic Metalmark Moths, 7. Genus Tebenna and new genus Pseudotebenna (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae: Choreutinae). Lepidoptera Novae, 15(3-4): 121-172.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Walker, F., 1864. Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 30: 996.
    • Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 320 (ohiensis, syn.)
    Tebenna onustana
    © Jason Dombroskie
    Tebenna onustana
    © Tom Murray
    Tebenna onustana
    DNA (western) © Libby & Rick Avis
    Tebenna onustana
    © Jason Dombroskie
    Tebenna onustana
    10mm – © Jim Vargo

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