Tortricidae
51a0678.1 –
3388.4 Ancylis virididorsana
(Möschler, 1891)
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LG - © Joseph Connors
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| Distribution: |
USA: FL, TX. |
Larva and
Host Plants: |
Berchemia scandens (Alabama supplejack) - based on rearing by George Smiley (2023). |
Description/
Field Marks: |
Virididorsana has a forewing with a large green dorsal patch extending from the base to ~2/3. There appears to be a northern form with browner dorsal patch and increased diffuse green in the surrounding ground color, possibly representing a subspecies or undescribed species. The original description of the hind wing of virididorsana does not seem to match that of US specimens. More work is needed. - Steve Nanz (pers. comm., 29 March 2024)
"A very distinctive species. Palpi clay-yellow, head rust-yellow, thorax greenish, shoulder coverts clay-yellow, as are the abdomen and legs.
Forewing reddish-clay-yellow with a large, irregularly triangular green inner marginal spot, with its tip reaching over the subdorsal, and a rust-red and green mixed marginal area; towards the base, the inner marginal spot is indented towards the front edge. In front of the edge there are fine rust-red cross-streaks. Front edge whitish, with rust-red cross-streaks. Marginal line white, fringes rust-red. Hindwing brownish-grey. Front edge white, from the same towards the edge an elongated metallic grey-blue shiny spot, two such smaller spots in cells 2 and 3. Marginal line brown, fringes white, mixed reddish-yellow.
Below, the forewings are uniformly reddish-yellow, the hindwings white-yellow with metallic blue-grey shiny cross-streaks. 4-5.2mm. - 2 specimens." - Möschler (1891) (Google tranlation) |
| Similar Species: |
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
virididorsana (Möschler, 1891) (Phoxopteryx)
Type locality: Puerto Rico.virididersana (Walcott, 1923) (Phoxopteria) |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Ancylis virididorsana (Möschler, 1891) is now recognized within the North American fauna, from Florida Keys (J. Hayden) and Texas (Hayden & Nanz). (Gilligan & Brown in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023) |
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| 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.
- Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAM5791 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
- Hribar, L.J., 2024. A specimen of Ancylis virididorsana (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Long Key, Monroe County, Florida. Southern Lepidopterists’ News, 46: 207-208.
- Möschler, H.B., 1890. Die Lepidopteren-Fauna der Insel Portorico. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 16(1): 334.
- 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
- Species Page at iNaturalist
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LG - © Chuck Sexton
LG - © George Smiley
reared - LG - © George Smiley
LG - © Chuck Sexton
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DNA - LG – © J-F Landry (CNC)
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