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Tortricidae
51a0012 – 3513   Acleris caryosphena (Meyrick, 1937)
Distribution Data for Acleris caryosphena
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Synonymy:
  • caryosphena (Meyrick, 1937) (Peronea) - MONA 1983: 3513; TL: Greenland. "West Greenland (Sondra, Stromfjord, Camp Lloyd)".
  • ferrugana of authors; (not [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) (Tortrix) misappl.
  • notana of authors; (not Donovan, [1806]) (Tortrix) misappl.
  • tripunctana of authors; (not Hübner, [1799]) (Tortrix) misappl. - MONA 1983: [3512]
  • Taxonomic Notes: Acleris caryosphena (Meyrick, 1937) is treated as a full species in Karsholt et al. (2015). Dang illustrations of genitalia show significant differences between the two species. The names ferrugana of authors; (not [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), notana of authors; (not Donovan, [1806]) , and tripunctana of authors; (not Hübner, [1799]) (Tortrix) are listed as synonyms by Gilligan & Brown (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).
    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)
    • Karsholt, O., N.P. Kristensen, T.J. Simonsen, M. Ahola, 2015. Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies). In: Böcher et al., The Greenland Entomofauna: An Identification Manual of Insects, Spiders and their Allies. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 44: 302–352.
    • 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).
    • Razowski, J., 1966. World fauna of the Tortricini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Zaklad Zoologii Systematycznej w Krakowie Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 576 pages.
    • Species Page at iNaturalist
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