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Tortricidae 510050 – 3549 – Acleris maccana (Treitschke, 1835)

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Acleris maccana (Treitschke, 1835) includes as a synonym A. fishiana (Fernald, 1882) in McDunnough (1934:292). McDunnough (1940) subsequently returned fishiana to full species status. Obraztsov (1963) subsequently returned fishiana to synonymy of maccana. Given the differences in DNA barcode and reexamination of genitalia by Michael Sabourin, fishiana may prove to be a good species or subspecies with both taxa occurring in the North America. If, as Obraztsov suggests, specimens from Europe have genitalia like that of fishiana, the name might refer to one of the current European synonyms of maccana.

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Fernald, C.H., 1882. Descriptions of new species of Tortricidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 10: 66. (fishiana) McDunnough, J.H., 1934. The Canadian species of the Canadian genus Peronea. Canadian Journal of Research, 11: 292-293; 325, fig. 2 (♂); 329, fig. 2 (♀). McDunnough, J.H., 1940. Notes on the genus Peronea with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 72(3): 59-61. Obraztsov, N.S., 1963. Some North American moths of the genus Acleris (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 114(3469): 257. Pierce, F.N. & J.W. Metcalfe, 1922. The genitalia of the group tortricidae of the Lepidoptera of the British Islands, pl. 8. (maccana ♀ gen. ) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Mass Moths Treitschke, F., 1835. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, 10: 133.

© Anthony W. Thomas - "A. fishiana" sensu McDunnough (1940)

- © Anthony W. Thomas [T] "true" A. maccana - Collected by Allan Magnus - SK

- © Michael Sabourin "True" A. maccana , Collected in Karislojo, Finland

© Anthony W. Thomas - "A. fishiana" sensu McDunnough (1940)

- © Carle Bélanger [T] "true" A. maccana

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