Farragona cremnobates (Walsingham) Austin & Dombroskie, 2020
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https://doi.org/ 10.4289/0013-8797.122.1.1In |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3728779 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/785787BD-5A19-FF8B-FFE7-2031FD94FA2C |
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Valdenar |
scientific name |
Farragona cremnobates (Walsingham) |
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comb. nov. |
Farragona cremnobates (Walsingham) , new combination
Tortrix cremnobates Walsingham, 1914: 293 View in CoL .
Clepsis cremnobates: Razowski 1979: 132 View in CoL (new combination).
Type material.— Tortrix cremnobates Walsingham, 1914 : Holotype, ♀: GUA- TEMALA: Totonicapam : 8,500-10,500 ft., viii 1880, G. C. Champion [not examined] ( BMNH).
Discussion.— Razowski (1979) transferred Tortrix cremnobates to Clepsis without explanation. He noted that the holotype was missing its abdomen, so the new combination was presumably based on forewing pattern alone. However, the forewing length of 12 mm raises suspicions about its placement. We are unaware of any Neotropical Clepsis that large (i.e., the largest Neotropical species is Clepsis ecclisis (Walsingham, 1914) , with a forewing length of 9 mm). In the absence of genitalia to examine, we transfer this species to Farragona based on its similarity in forewing pattern and shape (see Walsingham, 1914, Table IX), size, and identical type locality to those of Farragona cratista .
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United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)] |
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Tortricinae |
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Farragona cremnobates (Walsingham)
Austin, Kyhl A. & Dombroskie, Jason J. 2020 |
Clepsis cremnobates:
Razowski 1979: 132 |
Tortrix cremnobates
Walsingham 1914: 293 |