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Gelechioidea - Unplaced To Family 59a1859.5 – 1096   [Gelechioidea - no genus] parvipulvella (Chambers, 1875)

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Distribution: Known only from the type. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: parvipulvella (Chambers, 1875) (Elachista) - MONA 1983: 1096   Type locality: Texas. Taxonomic Notes: [Gelechioidea - no genus] parvipulvella: Kaila (1997), Acta Zoologica Fennica 206:92, removes this species from Elachistidae based upon distinctiveness of hindwing veins. The abdomen is lacking in the type specimen, thus the correct family assignment could not be determined.

References

Braun, A.F., 1948. Elachistidae of North America (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 13: 50. 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. U.S. National Entomological Collection (USNM) - Holotype ♂

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