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A new name for the western spruce budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2014

Todd M. Gilligan  and
John W. Brown
Todd M. Gilligan*
Affiliation:
Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, 1177 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States of America
John W. Brown
Affiliation:
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, P.S.I., Agricultural Research Service, USDA, c/o National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013, United States of America
*
1 Corresponding author: (e-mail: tgilliga@rams.colostate.edu).
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Abstract

There currently is considerable confusion regarding the correct application of the name Choristoneura occidentalis Freeman (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). This name has historically been applied to the western spruce budworm, a serious forest pest in western North America. However, in 2008 Razowski transferred the African species Archips occidentalis (Walsingham) to Choristoneura Lederer and proposed C. freemani Razowski as a replacement name for the western spruce budworm. The validity of these nomenclatural changes and alternative solutions to resolve the confusion they have caused are discussed. Illustrations of wing patterns and genitalia for the two species are provided.

Type
Systematics & Morphology – FORUM
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 146 , Issue 6 , December 2014 , pp. 583 - 589
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© Entomological Society of Canada 2014 

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