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Tortricidae
51a0965.1 – 3157.1   Pelochrista ainsliei Wright, 2008
Distribution Data for Pelochrista ainsliei
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Synonymy:
  • ainsliei Wright 2008 (Pelochrista)
  • occipitana of authors not Zeller 1876 (Eucosma)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Pelochrista ainsliei Wright, 2008 n. sp., J. Lepid. Soc. 62(4), p. 222.
    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.
    • Wright, D.J. & T.M. Gilligan, 2017. Pelochrista Lederer of the Contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 9.5: 1-376, order.
    • Wright, D.J., 2008. Nearctic Eucosmini (Tortricidae) associated with Pelochrista occipitana (Zeller) and Eucosma biquadrana (Walsingham): two new synonymies and four new species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 62(4): 216-231.
    • 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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