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Tortricidae
51a0665 – 3377   Ancylis muricana (Walsingham, 1879)
             Red-headed Ancylis

© Tom Murray
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Synonymy:
  • muricana (Walsingham, 1879) (Phoxopteryx) - MONA 1983: 3377
      Type locality: Washington, DC.
  • ssp. b. cornifoliana (Riley, 1881) (Phoxopteris)
      Type locality: Manhattan, KS.
  • Taxonomic Notes: Ancylis muricana (Walsingham, 1879) included as a subspecies Ancylis cornifoliana (Riley, 1881) in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist). Pohl et al. (2016) erroneously treated cornifoliana as a valid species. This error was corrected in Gilligan & Brown in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023).
    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. 165.270. (PDF)
    • 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).
    • Riley, C.V., 1881. Descriptions of some new Tortricidae (Leaf-rollers). Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, 4: 324.
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Ancylis muricana
    © Bill Dupree
    Ancylis muricana
    © Steve Scott
    Ancylis muricana
    © Tom Murray
    Ancylis muricana
    10mm – © Jim Vargo
    Ancylis muricana
    10mm – © Mississippi Entomological Museum
    Ancylis muricana
    © Mississippi Entomological Museum
    Ancylis muricana
    - syntype (cornifoliana) - LG – © T. M. Gilligan
    Ancylis muricana
    10mm – © U. S. National Museum
    Ancylis muricana
    9mm – © U. S. National Museum
    Ancylis muricana
    © George Smiley LG
    in a folded Blackberry (Rubus) leaf - 9mm
    Ancylis muricana
    © George Smiley LG
    5mm

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