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Tortricidae

51a1273.51n – 3446.2 Corticivora parva Brown, 1984

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Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	parva Brown, 1984 (Corticivora) - MONA 1983: [NEW]
Taxonomic Notes:	Corticivora parva Brown, 1984: the species in Corticivora are renumbered following the inferred treatment in Aarvik, et al. (2025:102). Based on molecular data showing that Corticivora was misplaced in the Grapholitini, having a greater affinity to Eucosmini, Hu et al. (2023:367) treated the tribal assignment as uncertain. Citing Hu et al., Aarvik, et al. transferred Corticivora piniana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) to the tribe Eucosmini stating, "We return the species to the end of Eucosmini after Rhyacionia and Clavigesta Obraztsov, 1946."

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

Aarvik, L., B.A. Bengtsson, H. Elven, P. Falck, P. Ivinskis, O. Karsholt, M. Mutanen & N. Savenkov, 2025. Second update to the Nordic-Baltic Checklist of Lepidoptera. Norwegian Journal of Entomology, 72: 94-107.
Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
Brown, R.L., 1984. Review of Corticivora (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with analysis of its tribal relationships and description of new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 86: 279; figs., 1-4, 8.
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.
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