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Tortricidae 51a1315 – 3436   Ephippiphora imitativa (Heinrich, 1926)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) 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

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