The Tortricidae described by J. C. Fabricius (Lepidoptera)
Author
Baixeras, Joaquín
Author
Karsholt, Ole
text
Zootaxa
2011
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1
37
journal article
45811
10.5281/zenodo.279412
685da956-c131-459f-98d2-c6b020649adf
1175-5326
279412
rivellana
Fabricius, 1775
Figures 1
R, 2R
Pyralis rivellana
Fabricius, 1775
: 654
; 1781: 287; 1787: 237; 1794: 280.
Type
locality.
Sweden
(“Habitat in Sueciae nemoribus”).
Material examined.
Kiel coll. 2
syntypes
, representing 2 species: 1
Syricoris rivulana
(Scopoli, 1763)
(
lectotype
here designated) and 1 (perhaps)
Tortrix undulana
(
Denis and Schiffermüller, 1775
)
.
Identity.
Syricoris rivulana
(Scopoli, 1763)
(
Olethreutinae
,
Olethreutini
).
Remarks.
Fabricius did not refer to Scopoli in his description, but this name simply could have been an unjustified emendation or misspelling of Scopoli’s name.
Werneburg (1864)
discussed the possibility of an alternative synonymy with
Tortrix undulana
(Denis and Schiffermüller)
, to which
Fabricius (1787)
refers. There is no agreement among subsequent authors, and Brown (2005) does not even include this name. In order to stabilize the nomenclature, the specimen figured in
Figure 1
R is here designated as the
lectotype
. It is a poorly preserved specimen with a label in Fabricius’ handwriting (
Figure 2
R) - it is difficult to read “[r]ivularis”. Although the specific identity of Scopoli’s
Phalaena rivulana
is stable, the species belongs in a taxonomically unstable area in which the generic assignments of many species are uncertain. Kuznetsov (1978) used
rivulana
in combination with
Syricoris
Treitschke, 1829
, and this has been followed by many authors (e.g., Razowski 2003, Brown 2005). However, Aarvik (2011) places it in
Celypha
Hübner, 1825
.