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Three-lined Leafroller Moth - Pandemis pyrusana

Three-lined Leafroller Moth - Pandemis pyrusana
In Westwood by outdoor night light; elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
July 10, 2008
Size: Forewing length 11mm

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Moved
Moved from Three-lined Leafroller Moth.

Based on geography and HW colour, this is P. pyrusana. Barcoding doesn't seperate these guys very well.

 
Yea, I am not supprised, ...
... I debated on this one after reading the fact sheets on these two species. The two specimens, that this specimen was a 100% DNA match with, were from Quebec. I wonder how the line is drawn between closely related species, and just subspecies of one another?

 
This is certainly a group tha
This is certainly a group that is in the process of or just recently speciated and not everyone thinks that they are seperate enough. Here is my take on it: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1603/AN12023?journalCode=esaa . Send me a private message if you would like the PDF.

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