Species Acleris cf-clarkei - Acleris cf. clarkei - Hodges#3544.85

3544.85

Acleris clarkei Obraztsov, 1963 (1)

Obraztsov (1963) stated "This new species is named for Dr. J.F. Gates Clarke, of the U.S. National Museum, who directed the attention of the present author to this and some other Acleris species in the collection of the above museum." (1)

Obraztsov (1963) listed the forewing length as 7-8 mm. (1)

Obraztsov (1963) described the adults including genitalia. (1)

Alberta to Michigan and Nova Scotia. (2), (3)

Holotype, ♂ collected Apr. 9, 1931, Cle Elum, Kittitas County, Washington., J.F. Gates Clarke. (1)

The adults are most common from May to September.

Acleris clarkei Obraztsov, 1963 was described from a male holotype from Washington and a geographically disjunct (~1600km) female allotype from Manitoba. Given this large distance and given that the illustration of the genitalia of the allotype appears to match that of A. obtusana, it is unclear if the two are in fact conspecific. Specimens of the phenotype of clarkei from eastern NA are placed by DNA barcoded squarely within BOLD:AAB6464, the BIN group for A. obtusana ssp. fuscana. Pending further work, MPG treats eastern “clarkei” as a color morph of obtusana with “true” clarkei possibly restricted to western NA.

Obraztsov, 1963. Some North American moths of the genus Acleris (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 114: 251; fig. 5; plate 4, figs. 10, 11. (1)

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)