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Tortricidae
51a1026.1 – 3094   Pelochrista heinrichi (McDunnough, 1925)
Distribution Data for Pelochrista heinrichi
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Distribution: "Jasper National Park, Alberta toAweme, Manitoba, south through the northern Great Plains tocentral Wyoming." (Wright 2025)
Genitalia: See McDunnough (1925) and Wright & Gilligan (2017).
Similar Species:
  • 51a0946.1 Pelochrista totana: Forewing has a thin chevron shaped mark at the end of the cell.
  • 51a0963.1 Pelochrista powelli
  • 51a0935.2 Pelochrista fremonti: Described from a female, this species may be conspecific with heinrichi (Wright 2025).
  • 51a1026.11n Pelochrista gibsoni
  • 51a0946.11n Pelochrista sanjuanensis
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • heinrichi (McDunnough, 1925) (Eucosma) - MONA 1983: 3094; Holotype: Canada, Manitoba, Aweme, N. Criddle.
  • Taxonomic Notes: Pelochrista heinrichi: Formerly placed in the genus Eucosma, Gilligan et al. (2013), Zootaxa, 3746(2): 301-337.
    References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD)
    • Gilligan, T.M. & D.J. Wright, 2013. Revised world catalogue of Eucopina, Eucosma, Pelochrista, and Phaneta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). Zootaxa, 3746(2): 301-337.
    • McDunnough, J., 1925. New Canadian Lepidoptera with notes. The Canadian Entomologist, 57(1): 19; fig. 1.
    • Species Page at iNaturalist
    • Wright, D.J. & T.M. Gilligan, 2017. Pelochrista Lederer of the Contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 9.5: 1-376, order.
    • Wright, D.J., 2025. Two new nearctic Pelochrista Lederer (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) and an update on Pelochrista heinrichi (Mcdunnough). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 79(1): 47; Figs. 1-6, 13a-f. (abstract and access (fee))
    Pelochrista heinrichi
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    Pelochrista heinrichi
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