Elachistidae
59a1391 –
1089 Elachista adempta
Braun, 1948
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| Synonymy: |
adempta Braun, 1948 (Elachista) - MONA 1983: 1089; TL: Spanish Bar, CO.albella (Chambers, 1875) (Laverna) preocc.
Note: Secondary junior homonym of Tinea albella Müller, 1776). This synonym was listed twice in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023) (Checklist), as "albella (Chambers, 1875) (Laverna)" and as "albella (Chambers, 1880) (Neaera), the later actually referring to a new combination, not a new species. It was also erroneously listed as a valid species twice in Hodges et al., (1983 (Checklist), as " Elachista albella (Cham., 1875)" and as " Mompha albella (Cham., 1875)". (Pohl & Nanz 2025) albella (Chambers, 1880) (Neaera)
Note: "59a1391 Elachista adempta. Remove the synonym “Neaera albella Chambers, 1880”. In that 1880 work, Chambers was simply placing the previously described Laverna albella Chambers, 1875 into the genus Neaera, not describing a new species." (Pohl & Nanz 2025:107) |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Elachista adempta Braun, 1948 is a replacement name for albella Chambers, 1875 (Laverna) (preoccupied). |
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| References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.) |
- Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
- Braun, A.F., 1948. Elachistidae of North America (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 13: 43; figs. 71, 71a, 120.
- Chambers, V.T., 1875. Tineina of Colorado. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science, 2(4): 295.
- Chambers, V.T., 1880. Illustrations of the neuration of the wings of American Tineina. The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 2(4): 196, 199; fig 40. (Neaera albella)
- Dyar, H.G., 1902. A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 52: 541. (Mompha albella)
- Kaila, L., 1997. A revision of the nearctic species of Elachista s.l. II. The argentella group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica, 206: 1-93.
- Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz, 2025. Corrections to the 2023 “Annotated Taxonomic Checklist Of The Lepidoptera Of North America, North Of Mexico”. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 79(2): 104-116.
- Species Page at iNaturalist
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