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Micropteryx pomivorella Packard, 1870 [Invalid]
Nomenclature
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Unranked: Stigmella oxyacanthella groupSpecies: Stigmella oxyacanthella
Species:
Micropteryx pomivorella Packard, 1870
Usage:
invalid
Unacceptability Reason:
junior synonym
Reference:
Authors synonymy:
van Nieukerken et al., 2016
Reference synonymy:
Page synonymy:
121
Nomenclatorial act:
Synonymised by van Nieukerken et al., 2016: 121
Nomenclatorial Notes:
The finding of larvae on Crataegus, Malus and Amelanchier in North America apparently having the same DNA barcode as European S. oxyacanthella (BOLD:AAF3421) led EvN to re-examine specimens identified as S. pomivorella (Packard, 1870) in CNC and USNM. All show genitalia inseparable from S. oxyacanthella, and we thus synonymise Stigmella pomivorella. This leafminer apparently was already introduced in the USA during the 19th century. Details will be published elsewhere. (Van Nieukerken et al. 2016)
Type information:
Syntypes male, USA: Massachusetts
Type host:
Malus
Type depository:
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA (MCZ)