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

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Author: Freeman, T. N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1953
• Subjects: Insect Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Structural Biology; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent85291-8; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00101853

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.