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Tortricidae 51a0118.1 – 3826   Phtheochroa vulneratana of authors (not Zetterstedt, 1839)

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Distribution: Canada: AB, BC, YT; USA: AK, WA, MT, CO. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: vulneratana of authors; (not Zetterstedt, 1839) (Tortrix) MISAPPL. Taxonomic Notes: Phtheochroa vulneratana of authors; (not Zetterstedt, 1839), placeholder name in Gilligan & Brown (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023), is a cryptic species mistakenly regarded as the European species Phtheochroa vulneratana (Zetterstedt, 1839) in Powell (1990). The two taxa are well separated by DNA barcode with the latter treated as extralimital to North America in Gilligan et al. (2020).

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) - BIN: BOLD:AAD8609 Gilligan, T.M., J.W. Brown, J, Baixeras, 2020. Immigrant Tortricidae: Holarctic versus Introduced Species in North America. Insects, 11(9), 594: 1-59. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 20.20m; p. 157. Book Review and ordering Powell, J.A., 1990. Records of a Palearctic tortricid in boreal Colorado: Trachysmia vulneratana evidently is Holarctic. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 44: 91. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Zetterstedt, J.W., 1839. Lepidoptera. Insecta Lapponica, 4: 979.

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