Farragona cremnobates (Walsingham) Austin & Dombroskie, 2020

Austin, Kyhl A. & Dombroskie, Jason J., 2020, New Combinations In Neotropical Archipini And Atteriini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae), With The Description Of A New Genus, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122 (1), pp. 1-11 : 4

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.4289/0013-8797.122.1.1In

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3728779

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/785787BD-5A19-FF8B-FFE7-2031FD94FA2C

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Valdenar

scientific name

Farragona cremnobates (Walsingham)
status

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 .

BMNH

United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Tortricidae

Genus

Farragona

Loc

Farragona cremnobates (Walsingham)

Austin, Kyhl A. & Dombroskie, Jason J. 2020
2020
Loc

Clepsis cremnobates:

Razowski 1979: 132
1979
Loc

Tortrix cremnobates

Walsingham 1914: 293
1914
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