Calculating Torque using Steiner Theorem?

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I am going to do some structural analysis of the wing. The upward shear force, or lift, is acting at the aerodynamic center. There is also a moment about the a.c. I am just wondering if I need to take the moment relative to the aerodynamic center into account when I calculate the torque about the shear center?
 
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The shear center is in the a.c.
Use the Steiner theorem.