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Tortricidae
51a0022 – 3522   Acleris implexana (Walker, 1863)
Distribution Data for Acleris implexana
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Synonymy:
  • implexana (Walker, 1863) (Sciaphila) - MONA 1983: 3522
      Type locality: "St. Martin’s Falls, Albany River, Hudson’s Bay" [Martin’s Falls, ON].
  •  gallicola Prentice, 1965 (Acleris) missp. (synonym of ssp. implexana)
  •  gallicolana (Clemens, 1864) (Peronea) (synonym of ssp. implexana)
  •  heindelana (Fernald, 1905) (Peronea) (synonym of ssp. implexana)
  •  heindeliana (Forbes, 1923) (Peronea) missp. (synonym of ssp. implexana)
  • ssp. b. ferrumixtana (Benander, 1934) (Acalla) REV. STAT.; (excl.)
      Type locality: Scandinavia.
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    Taxonomic Notes: Acleris implexana (Walker, 1863) includes as a synonym Acleris ferrumixtana (Benander, 1934) in Gilligan & Brown in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023), reversing Gilligan et al. (2020) who raised ferrumixtana to full species status based on an erroneous interpretation of the DNA evidence.
    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.
    • Benander, 1934. Om nagra svenska Acalla-arter. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 55: 122-139.
    • Gilligan, T.M., J.W. Brown, J, Baixeras, 2020. Immigrant Tortricidae: Holarctic versus Introduced Species in North America. Insects, 11(9), 594: 1-59.
    • 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).
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Walker, F., 1863. Tortricites and Tineites. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 28: 338.
    Acleris implexana
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    Acleris implexana
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    Acleris implexana
    13mm – © Jim Vargo

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