Tortricid - Pelochrista

Moved

Moved from Pelochrista lathami. The BIN includes three specimens identified as lathami. Since they are not yet public, I don't know for certain where they were collected. However, 11/12 "lathami" on the BOLD species page are from AB. (The other was collected by Hugh McGuinness on Long Island.) The "lathami" all have the same sequence, 1.38% different from that of the two specimens similar to this one (CMAZA638-10 and CMAZA638-10) from the Huachuca Mts in the BIN. Among several specimens that are have identical barcodes to the "lathami" are LEPNO305-08 (AB), MNAF682-08 (MB), and MNAA378-07 (YT). This comports with the idea the barcoded "lathami" are actually morrisoni from the West.

There are no identical sequences to the AZ one. The closest are several specimens 0.51–0.55% divergent from it, all from BC. These are unidentified and were not photographed. The next closest are several agricolana from BC and ID (including MNAA178-07), all 0.61% divergent from the AZ specimens.

… Aaron Hunt, 19 January, 2022 - 1:45am

Clarification

CMAZA628-10 above is alone in BIN BOLD:ABX5806 which is 4% distant to it's nearest neighbor, BOLD:AAA8735. Specimens identified as as lathami are in BINs:

BOLD:AAB8659 - lathami [1], morrisoni [1] - AB.
BOLD:ACE6721 - lathami [1], russeola [5], sp. [1] - AB to southeren CA.
BOLD:ACY6336 - lathami [1] - ON.
BOLD:AAA8735 - lathami [3], smithiana [35], agricolana [22], morrisoni [21], langstoni [1], morrisoni [8], argentiablana [1], agricolana argentiablana [2] sp. [40] - YT south to CA, AZ and NM and east to ON.

The above came from the BIN pages which may not be accurate due to identifications coming from two different sources.

The three "lathami" in BOLD:AAA8735 are from Ontario. One was identified by Jason Dombroski. The barcodes match several "smithiana" (=agricolana ). Specimens identified as agricolana are assigned to 4 different BINs but they are not distantly separated and could represent a single species. The same may be true for morrisoni, etc.

Hugh McGuinness' Long Island specimen was not barcoded. There are several other specimens identified as lathami from Great Duck Island, ON, all with degraded barcodes and not assigned to BINs. Barcode placement isn't helpful.

I added the holotype (locality: Long Island) to MPG. I don't know why Hugh's moth, USNMENT01237777, wasn't barcoded. It potentially could have resolved this.

… Steve Nanz, 13 February, 2022 - 3:15pm

Pelochrista sp.

P. lathami is considered an eastern species - barcode though interesting dosn't support the lathami identification - there are no BOLD public bins for lathami - and a couple scattered records in BOLD:AAA8735 that could be morrisoni - need more material and a good barcode for lathami in which to compare

… michael sabourin, 18 January, 2022 - 11:29pm

Eucosma sp.

BOLD DNA Analysis Barcode ID CMAZA628-10.

… cwmelton, 8 September, 2013 - 4:14pm

Moved

Moved from Tortricid Moths.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 August, 2010 - 12:18pm

Looks Like 3036 - Eucosma lathami

Try to shoot the other side when you see wing overlap like this. (no rsvp, thanks)

… Bob Patterson, 14 August, 2010 - 2:52am