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Tortricidae
51a1315 – 3436   Ephippiphora imitativa (Heinrich, 1926)
Distribution Data for Ephippiphora imitativa
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Synonymy:
  • imitativa Heinrich 1926 (Grapholitha); Type locality: Holotype: USA, "California, San Francisco"
  • Taxonomic Notes: Ephippiphora imitativa (Heinrich, 1926), n. comb. in Hu et al. (2023: Appendix S4). The name Ephippiphora, revived status, was formerly teated as a synonym of Grapholita. (new since 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.
    • Heinrich, C., 1926. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 132: 34; figs. 134, 298.
    • Hu, G-L, J. Brown, M. Heikkilä, L. Aarvik, M. Mutanen, 2023. Molecular phylogeny, divergence time, biogeography and trends in host plant usage in the agriculturally important tortricid tribe Grapholitini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). Cladistics, 39(5): 359-381; Appendix S4.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    Ephippiphora imitativa
    - holotype - LG(cc) U. S. National Museum

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