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Tortricidae
51a0506.2 – 2717   Paralobesia yaracana (Kearfott, 1907)

© John Lee
Distribution: Canada: QC, ON; USA: ME to NV and MS.
Description/
Field Marks:
See Royals et al. (2019), Mem. Lepid. Soc., (6): 75; Figs. 152–155, 193, 227.
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • yaracana (Kearfott, 1907) (Polychrosis) - MONA 1983: 2717
      Type locality: Lectotype: Cincinnati, OH.
  • signifera (Meyrick, 1912) (Polychrosis)
  • 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.
    • Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 48.18. (PDF)
    • Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 33(1): 5.
    • Meyrick, E., 1912. On some impossible specific names in Micro-Lepidoptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 48: 32-36.
    • Royals, H.R., J-F. Landry, T. M. Gilligan, 2019. Paralobesia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a systematic revision. The Lepidopterists' Society, Memoir No. 6: 1-149.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Paralobesia yaracana
    10mm – © Jim Vargo
    Paralobesia yaracana
    © Mississippi Entomological Museum
    Paralobesia yaracana
    9mm – © U. S. National Museum
    Paralobesia yaracana
    - 10mm – © U. S. National Museum

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