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Species Ancylis discigerana - Yellow Birch leaffolder moth - Hodges#3358

Different continents, same species? Resolving the taxonomy of some Holarctic Ancylis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

By Gilligan, T.M, P. Huemer & B. Wiesmair
Zootaxa 4178 (3):347-370, 2016

Abstract: Several species of Ancylis related to A. unguicella (Linnaeus) and A. geminana (Donovan) have been presumed by previous authors to be Holarctic. However, difficulty in identifying genitalic characters to define and separate these taxa has brought into question their true distribution and led to inconsistencies in their taxonomic treatment in Europe and North America. Here we use a combination of DNA barcode sequence data and morphology to resolve these taxonomic differences, determine the actual geographic range of these taxa, and describe three new species. In the A. unguicella group, only A. unguicella and A. uncella (Denis & Schiffermüller) are Holarctic in distribution. In the A. geminana group, none of the taxa are Holarctic in their distribution. Three species are described as new: A. christiandiana Huemer and Wiesmair, sp.n. (Austria, Germany); A. oregonensis Gilligan and Huemer, sp.n. (USA: Oregon); and A. saliana Gilligan and Huemer, sp.n. (USA: Florida). In addition, Ancylis carbonana Heinrich, syn.n., is synonymized with A. uncella; A. cuspidana (Treitschke), syn.rev., is synonymized with A. diminutana (Haworth); and A. diminuatana Kearfott, stat.rev., and A. subarcuana (Douglas), stat.rev., are raised from synonymy.

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 3 December, 2016 - 2:48pm

Epiblema Hübner, Sonia Heinrich, Suleima Heinrich, and Notocelia Hübner of the Contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidopter

By Wright, D.J. & T.M. Gilligan
The Moths of America north of Mexico Fascicle 9.6: 1-376, 2023

Wright, D.J. & T.M. Gilligan, 2023. Epiblema Hübner, Sonia Heinrich, Suleima Heinrich, and Notocelia Hübner of the Contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 9.6: 1-376, order.

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 14 January, 2024 - 9:37am

A new species of Eucosma Hübner and two new species of Cydia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from the United States

By Richard L. Brown and Christi Jaeger
Zootaxa 3860(3): 226-234, 2014

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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 13 March, 2018 - 10:22pm

New North American species of Eucosmini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).

By André Blanchard & Edward C. Knudson
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 85(4): 845-852, 1983

Blanchard, A. & E.C. Knudson. 1983. New North American species of Eucosmini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 85(4): 845-852.

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Contributed by Randy Hardy on 30 November, 2017 - 8:15am

Critical remarks on the synonymy of certain Anchylopera species, with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Eucosmidae)

By James Halliday McDunnough
American Museum Novitates, 1725: 1-15, 1955

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 27 January, 2014 - 10:23am

The Aesculus-feeding species of Exartema with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Eucosmidae)

By Annette F. Braun
Ohio Journal of Science, 51(6): 353-357, 1951

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 November, 2013 - 5:28pm

Redefinition of the tribe Bactrini and revised status of genera Taniva (Heinrich) and Hulda (Heinrich) ...

By P. T. Dang
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 44(2): 77-87 , 1990

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 22 May, 2013 - 11:44am

Notes on some North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae

By Carl Heinrich
Proceedings of the United States National Museum 75(2779): 1-23, 1929

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 April, 2013 - 7:31pm

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