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Tortricidae 51a0478 – 2707   Bactra verutana Zeller, 1876              Javelin Moth

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Distribution: FL, TX, CA - Razowski & Becker (1910). Genitalia: See Heinrich (1926). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: verutana Zeller, 1876 (Bactra) extralim. - MONA 1983: 2707 verutana Zeller, 1876 (Bactra) extralim. - MONA 1983: 2707 ssp. a. chrysea Heinrich, 1926 (Bactra); TL: Loma Linda, San Bernardo Co., CA.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Diakonoff, 1964. Further records and descriptions of the species of Bactra Stephens ( Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 70(1): 62; figs. 45-49 Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 39.3. (PDF) Heinrich, C., 1926. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 132: 84; figs. 47, 171, 346 (verutana); 85; figs. 49, 348 (chrysea). Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 14.17m, 14.18f; p. 130. Book Review and ordering Razowski, J. & V.O. Becker, 2010. Systematic and faunistic data on Neotropical Bactrini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Polish Journal of Entomology, 79(2): 187-193. Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Mass Moths Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.

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