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Tortricidae

620478.00 – 2707 Bactra verutana Zeller, 1876

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Distribution:	FL, TX, CA - Razowski & Becker (1910). Type locality (B. verutana): Dallas, TX. Type locality (B. v. albipuncta): Denver, CO.
Genitalia:	See Heinrich (1926).
Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	• Bactra verutana Zeller, 1876 • Bactra albipuncta Heinrich, 1926 • Bactra chrysea Heinrich, 1926
Taxonomic Notes:	Bactra verutana Zeller, 1876 included as a subspecific name albipuncta Heinrich, 1926 which was originally described as a variety. Brown (2005) treated albipuncta as a subspecies. Both may have overlooked Diakonoff (1964) which raised albipuncta to full species.

References

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Diakonoff, 1964. Further records and descriptions of the species of Bactra Stephens ( Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 70(1): 62; figs. 45-49
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 39.3. (out of print)
Heinrich, C., 1926. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 132: 84; figs. 47, 171, 346.
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 14.17m, 14.18f; p. 130. Book Review and ordering
Razowski, J. & V.O. Becker, 2010. Systematic and faunistic data on Neotropical Bactrini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Polish Journal of Entomology, 79(2): 187-193.
Species Page at Block Island Moths
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
Species Page at Mass Moths
Zeller. P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.