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Issue: Vol. 4378 No. 2: 8 Feb. 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-02-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.2.5
Page range: 265–268
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 40

Two new species of Eucosmini from the Bahamas (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Identification Technology Program, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T, 2301 Research Blvd., Suite 108, Fort Collins, Colorado 80526, USA.
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Lepidoptera Eucosma bahamae Pelochrista wrighti

Abstract

Recent surveys to document the poorly known moth fauna of the Bahamas have resulted in the collection of more than 60 morphospecies of Tortricidae. Among these are several Eucosmini, including undescribed representatives of Eucosma and Pelochrista that are similar to several species present in the southeastern United States. Eucosma bahamae, sp.n., a member of the E. refusana group, and Pelochrista wrighti, sp.n., a member of the P. canana group, are described and illustrated.

 

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