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Tortricidae
51a0970.1 – 3054.1   Pelochrista kandana (Kearfott, 1907)
Distribution Data for Pelochrista kandana
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Synonymy:
  • kandana (Kearfott, 1907) (Eucosma)
  • argillacea (Meyrick, 1912) (Eucosma)
  • perdricana of authors; (not Walsingham, 1895) (Paedisca) misid.
  • Taxonomic Notes: Pelochrista kandana (Kearfott, 1907) is elevated from synonymy of 3054 Eucosma perdricana in Wright (2007) and transferred to the genus Pelochrista in Gilligan, T.M. & D.J. Wright, 2013.
    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, T.M. & D.J. Wright, 2013. Revised world catalogue of Eucopina, Eucosma, Pelochrista, and Phaneta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). Zootaxa, 3746(2): 301-337.
    • Meyrick, E., 1912. On some impossible specific names in Micro-Lepidoptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 48: 32-36.
    • Wright, D.J. & T.M. Gilligan, 2017. Pelochrista Lederer of the Contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 9.5: 1-376, order.
    • Wright, D.J., 2007. Notes on nearctic Eucosma Hubner: A new species, a resurrected species, and three new synonymies (Tortricidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 61(1): 38-49.
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