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51a0552.1 – 2798   Olethreutes diallacta (Meyrick, 1932)

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Description/ Field Marks: See Heinrich (1926) (zelleriana) and Zeller (1875) (nitidanum). Similar Species: Olethreutes trepidulum (Heinrich, 1926) Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: diallacta (Meyrick, 1932) (Argyroploce); TL: Maine. betulana (Heinrich, 1926) (Exartema) nom. nud. - MONA 1983: 2798 nitidana of Zeller, 1875; (not Clemens, 1860) (Exartema) misid. zelleriana (Fernald, 1875) (Eccopis) nom. nud. - MONA 1983: 2783 Taxonomic Notes: Olethreutes diallacta (Meyrick, 1932) is a replacement name for zelleriana Fernald, a name proposed for nitidana, sensu Zeller (1875), but preoccupied by zelleriana Erschoff, 1874.

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) Fernald, C.H., 1882. A Synonymical Catalogue of the described Tortricidae of North America north of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 10: 29. Heinrich, C., 1926. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 132: 139; pl. 14, fig. 63 (m.); pl. 34, fig 203 (f.) (zelleriana). Meyrick, E., 1930-1936. Exotic Microlepidoptera, 4(1-20): 225. Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order). Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net 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: 270; pl. 8, fig. 15 (nitidanum sensu Zeller (1875).

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