Google
WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Tortricidae
51a0626 – 2833.1   Phiaris bipunctana (Fabricius, 1794)
Distribution Data for Phiaris bipunctana
Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps
Distribution: Canada: MB, YT, NT- BOLD.
Type locality: Italy
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Pyralis bipunctana Fabricius, 1794
Argyroploce castorana McDunnough, 1922
Olethreutes yama Kawabe, 1974
Taxonomic Notes: Phiaris bipunctana (Fabricius, 1794) is now recognized within the North American fauna north of Mexico in Landry et al, (2013), Zootaxa, 3749(1): 41.

This species includes as a synonym Phiaris castorana (McDunnough, 1922), formerly a synonym of 2847 Olethreutes glaciana, in Nedoshivina (2016). Formerly placed in Olethreutes, the current generic treatment follows Aarvik (2017).
References
  • Aarvik, L., 2017. Fauna Europaea: Tortricidae. In: Fauna Europaea: Lepidoptera, Moths. Fauna Europaea Version 2017.06. Karsholt, O. & van Nieukerken, E. J., editors. Museum für Naturkunde: Berlin, Germany. website [accessed on 5 January 2023]
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Landry, J.-F., V. Nazari, J.R. Dewaard, M. Mutanen, C. Lopez-Vaamonde, P. Huemer, P.D.N. Hebert, 2013. Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology. Zootaxa, 3749(1): 1-93.
  • McDunnough, J.H., 1922. Undescribed Lepidoptera in the Canadian National Collection. The Canadian Entomologist, 54(2): 45.
Phiaris bipunctana
LG – © J-F Landry (CNC)

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone