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Tortricidae 51a0497 – 2715   Paralobesia cypripediana (Forbes, 1924)

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Distribution: Canada: SK to NB; USA: ME to OH, VA and MS. Description/ Field Marks: See Royals et al. (2019), Mem. Lepid. Soc., (6): 47; Figs. 76–79, 169, 211. See Zootaxa, 4446(1): 81-96. Genitalia: See Zootaxa, 4446(1): 81-96. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: cypripediana (Forbes, 1924) (Polychrosis) - MONA 1983: 2715   Type locality: Lectotype: Aweme, Manitoba, N. Criddle.

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. Royals, H.R., J-F. Landry, T. M. Gilligan, 2018. The myth of monophagy in Paralobesia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)? A new species feeding on Cypripedium reginae (Orchidaceae). Zootaxa, 4446(1): 81-96. Royals, H.R., J-F. Landry, T. M. Gilligan, 2019. Paralobesia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a systematic revision. The Lepidopterists' Society, Memoir No. 6: 1-149.

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