Phiaris bipunctana, Fabricius, 1794

Baixeras, Joaquín & Karsholt, Ole, 2011, The Tortricidae described by J. C. Fabricius (Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 3127, pp. 1-37 : 5

bipunctana Fabricius, 1794

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Pyralis bipunctana Fabricius, 1794: 250 .

Type locality. Italy (“Habitat in Italia Dr. Allioni”).

Material examined. S & TL coll. 1 specimen.

Identity. Phiaris bipunctana (Fabricius) ( Olethreutinae , Olethreutini ) (Kuznetsov 1973).

Remarks. This is a distinctive Fabrician taxon with long-term stability. The species has remained in the group of genera related to Olethreutes Hübner, 1822 (sensu Diakonoff 1973) . It is placed in Olethreutes s. str. in some references (e.g., Brown 2005), but it has been more commonly associated with Argyroploce Hübner, 1825 ( Kennel 1910, 1916; Hannemann 1961) or Phiaris Hübner, 1825 in contemporary literature (Kuznetsov 1973; Aarvik 2011).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Type material of the Tortricidae described by Fabricius. A: Pyralis abbreviana, B: P. abietana, C: P. abildgaardana, D: P. boscana, E: P. laterana, F: P. lundana, G: P. m i x t a n a, H: P. pflugiana, I: Tinea compositella, J: P. daldorfana, K: P. schumacherana, L: P. ro b o r a n a, M: P. bipunctana, N: P. trapezana, O: P. reticulana, P: P. asperana, Q: P. isertana, R: P. rivellana, S: P. dorsana, T: P. strigana. Scale bars = 5 mm.