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Tortricidae 51a0148.1 – 3759.1   Aethes promptana (Robinson, 1869)

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Description/ Field Marks: See Sabourin et al. (2002), Jour. Lepid. Soc., 56(4): 221; Fig. 1a-d. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: promptana (Robinson, 1869) (Conchylis) - MONA 1983: 3844; TL: Pennsylvania and Texas. Taxonomic Notes: Aethes promptana: This species was number 3844 in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist).

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) Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAE0202 (det. H. McGuinness, 15-i-2023) Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:ACK1363 (nr. promptana, possibly subspecific) Robinson, C.T., 1869. Notes on American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 2: 286. Sabourin, M., W.E. Miller, E.H. Metzler, J.T. Vargo, 2002. Revised identities and new species of Aethes from Midwestern North America (Tortricidae). Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society, 56(4): 216-233. Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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