Species Apotomops wellingtoniana - Hodges#3589

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Apotomops wellingtoniana (Kearfott, 1907) (1)

Olethreutes wellingtoniana Kearfott, 1907 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence #620241

Specific epithet for the type location, Wellington, British Columbia.

Wingspan about 18 mm. (2)

Forewing length 6.5-9.5 mm. (3)

Newfoundland to British Columbia, northern coastal California, and the Rocky Mountain states to Arizona and New Mexico, south to Veracruz, Mexico. (3)

Types: Wellington, British Columbia, May 19th (Rev. George W. Taylor).

Univoltine in the north, in Arizona adults fly in April and again in July through August. (3)

The Canadian Forestry Insect Survey reared them on Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis), western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) and spruce (Picea). (3)

Apotomops texasana was described from Texas in 1984. The two species are similar except forewing terminal area of wellingtoniana is largely white with noticeable row of black terminal spots, whereas terminal area of texasana is crossed by grayish curved fascia with terminal spots more obscure. The authors also differentiate the species by genitalia. (4)

Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New North American Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33(1): 13. (2)

Moth Photographers Group (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)