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A Note on the Occurrence of a European Tortricid, Cnephasia virgaureana Treit., in Newfoundland with New Synonymy (Lepidoptera)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

T. N. Freeman
T. N. Freeman
Affiliation:
Systematic Entomology Unit, Division of Entomology, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada
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During the summer of 1916, a few specimens of a tortricid were submitted to Ottawa for identification. The larvae were abundant on cabbage leaves in the vicinity of St. John's, Newfoundland. At that time the insects were not definitely identified as a European species and were described as new by A. Gibson, who proposed the name Tortrix oleraceana Gibs. (1916. Can. Ent. 48: 373). Some time ago it was realized that oleraceana belonged to the genus Cnephasia. After additional material was received recently from Mr. A. H. Butler, St. John's, Newfoundland, comparison with European specimens in the collection of Dr. B. P. Beirne showed that the species in question is Cnephasia virgaureana Treit.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 85 , Issue 8 , August 1953 , pp. 291
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1953

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