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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).
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Synonymy:
  • verutana Zeller, 1876 (Bactra) extralim. - MONA 1983: 2707
  • verutana Zeller, 1876 (Bactra) extralim. - MONA 1983: 2707
  • ssp. a. chrysea Heinrich, 1926 (Bactra)
      Type locality: Loma Linda, San Bernardo Co., CA.
  • 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.
    • 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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