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Tortricidae 51a0897.1 – 3037   Pelochrista agricolana (Walsingham, 1879)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: agricolana (Walsingham, 1879) (Paedisca) - MONA 1983: 3037 argentialbana of authors; (not Walsingham, 1879) (Paedisca) misid. barbara (Miller, 1974) (Eucosma) - MONA 1983: [3039] britana (McDunnough, 1927) (Eucosma) (var. of argentialbana (Walsingham)); TL: Seton Lake, BC. smithiana (Walsingham, 1895) (Paedisca) - MONA 1983: [3038] Taxonomic Notes: Pelochrista agicrolana (Walsingham, 1879), transferred from the genus Eucosma in Gilligan et al. (2013), includes as synonyms P. smithiana (Walsingham, 1895), P. barbara (Miller, 1974) and the subspecies P. argentialbana britana (McDunnough, 1927) in Wright & Gilligan (2017), MONA Fascicle 9.5: 37-39.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Gilligan, T.M. & D.J. Wright, 2013. Revised world catalogue of Eucopina, Eucosma, Pelochrista, and Phaneta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). Zootaxa, 3746(2): 301-337. Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 104.138. (PDF) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist 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.

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