2005 Operophtera bruceata - Bruce Spanworm Moth 7437 - Operophtera occidentalis

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2005 Operophtera bruceata - Bruce Spanworm Moth 7437 - Operophtera occidentalis -

Bay Center 98527 Willapa, Pacific County, Washington, USA
December 21, 2009
Size: wingspan ~28mm

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wingspan ~28mm
RWWA-1468 BOLD DNA: A species level reached and even the subspecies indicated. In addition Operophtera bruceata specimens with DNA matches (No.s 2003 -2008) were all: November - January flying males from the same locality; BOLD tree indicates all with same genotype and either Operophtera bruceata or Operophtera bruceata occidentalis.
Locality: Coastal SW Washington State at the edge of Willapa Bay geo:lat=46 37.273 ge=-123 56.8140:lon

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Contributed by Dick Wilson on 11 June, 2010 - 1:49pm
Last updated 2 March, 2018 - 3:09pm

Moved to O. occidentalis

Moved from Operophtera bruceata occidentalis.

O. occidentalis is again formally recognized as a full species in Pohl, et al. (2018). (1)

… Steve Nanz, 27 February, 2018 - 12:20pm

Moved to Operophtera bruceata occidentalis

Moved from Bruce Spanworm.

Operophtera bruceata is out of range. See Gwiazdowski et al. 2013 here. It's a little messy but I think that all examples in your area can be placed in this subspecies. This really is a true species but has not been formally elevated. It was synonymized as a subspecies of Operophtera bruceata (Hulst, 1886) in Troubridge & Fitzpatrick (1993) but it may end up that rather than wait, that synonymy will be simply considered invalid.

… Steve Nanz, 7 May, 2017 - 4:19am

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