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Tortricidae 51a0506.2 – 2717   Paralobesia yaracana (Kearfott, 1907)

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Distribution: Canada: QC, ON; USA: ME to NV and MS. Description/ Field Marks: See Royals et al. (2019), Mem. Lepid. Soc., (6): 75; Figs. 152–155, 193, 227. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: yaracana (Kearfott, 1907) (Polychrosis) - MONA 1983: 2717; Lectotype: Cincinnati, OH. signifera (Meyrick, 1912) (Polychrosis)

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) Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 48.18. (PDF) Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 33(1): 5. Meyrick, E., 1912. On some impossible specific names in Micro-Lepidoptera. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 48: 32-36. Royals, H.R., J-F. Landry, T. M. Gilligan, 2019. Paralobesia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a systematic revision. The Lepidopterists' Society, Memoir No. 6: 1-149. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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