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Tortricidae
51a0034 – 3534   Acleris arcticana (Guenée, 1845)

reared - © M. J. Hatfield
Distribution: Canada: ON, AB, YT, QC, MB; Greenland; Scandinavia.
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Synonymy:
  • arcticana Guenée 1845 (Teras); Type locality: Sweden
  • boreana Wolff 1964 (Acleris); Type locality: Greenland. West Greenland (Narssarssuaq)
  • caryosphena of authors not Meyrick 1937 (Peronea)
  • walkerana McDunnough 1934 (Peronea); Type locality: "Ontario, Trenton"
  • Taxonomic Notes: Acleris arcticana (Guenée, 1845): "BOLD data would suggest that walkerana may have at least subspecific status." - M. Sabourin (pers. comm., 9/22/2022). Gilligan et al. (2020) list three BIN groups at BOLD associated with arcticana, all of which contain specimens from North America but only one also includes a specimen from Scandinavia.
    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.
    • De Lesse, H. & P. Viette, 1949. Expeditions Polaires Francaises (Missions Paul-Emile Victor) Campagne 1949 Au Groenland Zoologie. - Première Note : Microlepidoptera. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 115: 90.
    • Gilligan, T.M., J.W. Brown, J, Baixeras, 2020. Immigrant Tortricidae: Holarctic versus Introduced Species in North America. Insects, 11(9), 594: 1-59.
    • McDunnough, J.H., 1934. The Canadian species of the Canadian genus Peronea. Canadian Journal of Research, 11: 290-332.
    • Razowski, J., 1966. World fauna of the Tortricini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Zaklad Zoologii Systematycznej w Krakowie Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 576 pages.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    Acleris arcticana
    - reared - © M. J. Hatfield
    Acleris arcticana
    reared - © M. J. Hatfield
    Acleris arcticana
    - gen. - (cc) Jonathan Gagnon
    Acleris arcticana
    - gen., coll. J.Gagnon - LG(cc) D. Handfield
    Acleris arcticana
    - gen. - NH - LG – © M. Sabourin (MGCL)
    Acleris arcticana
    17mm – © U. S. National Museum

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