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Argyrotaenia tristriata

Description

Argyrotaenia tristriata (Meyrick)

Eulia tristriata Meyrick, 1931: 151.

Argyrotaenia tristriata: Powell et. al 1995: 147 (new combination).

Argyrotaenia telemacana Razowski and Becker, 2010: 16. New synonymy.

Type material.— Eulia tristriata Meyrick, 1931: Holotype, Ơ: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Alto da Serra, 29–30 x [19]27, Zerny [photograph examined; Razowski 2010: fig. 48]. Genitalia slide #4307 [illustration examined; Razowski, 1964: figs. 41, 42] (NHMV).

Argyrotaenia telemacana Razowski and Becker, 2010: Holotype, Ơ: BRAZIL: P[a] r[aná], Telêmaco Borba, 7550 m, 13–19 x 1995, V.O. Becker, Col. 97766 [photograph examined; Razowski and Becker, 2010: fig. 69]. Genitalia slide #81 [photo- graph examined; Razowski and Becker, 2010: figs. 17, 18] (VBC).

Discussion.—In their original description of the species, Razowski and Becker (2010) compared Argyrotaenia telemacana to A. octavana Brown and Cramer, 2000 and A. glabra Razowski and Becker, 2000, neither of which are similar to A. telemacana in either forewing maculation or genitalia. In contrast, we were unable to find any difference between the genitalia of Argyrotaenia tristriata and Argyrotaenia telemacana and their forewing patterns are identical as well. Based upon these two observations we place Argyrotaenia telemacana as a junior synonym of Argyrotaenia tristriata.

Notes

Published as part of Austin, Kyhl A. & Dombroskie, Jason J., 2020, New Combinations In Neotropical Archipini And Atteriini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae), With The Description Of A New Genus, pp. 1-11 in Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122 (1) on pages 2-3, DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.122.1.1In, http://zenodo.org/record/3724761

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Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMV
Event date
1929-10-30 , 1995-10-13
Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Argyrotaenia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Meyrick
Species
tristriata
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1929-10-30 , 1995-10-13/19
Taxonomic concept label
Argyrotaenia tristriata (Meyrick, 1931) sec. Austin & Dombroskie, 2020

References

  • Meyrick, E. 1931. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (5): 129 - 160.
  • Razowski, J. and V. O. Becker. 2010. Systematic and distributional data on Neotropical Ar- chipini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 53 B (1 - 2): 9 - 38.
  • Razowski, J. 1964. Meyrick types of Tortricoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Vienna Museum. Annales Zoologici, Polska Akademia Nauk, 22: 451 - 482.
  • Brown, J. W. and A. Cramer. 2000. Five new species of Argyrotaenia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from Mexico and the southwestern United States. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 53: 114 - 125.
  • Razowski, J. and V. O. Becker. 2000. Revision of the Neotropical Argyrotaenia Stephens, with notes on Diedra Rubinoff & Powell (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 43: 307 - 332.