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Elachistidae 59a1478 – 1124   Elachista cucullata Braun, 1921

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Description/ Field Marks: Kaila, 1996: 225; figs. 11, 12, 44, 45, 75, 81, 90. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: cucullata Braun, 1921 (Elachista) - MONA 1983: 1124; TL: Cincinnati, OH.

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) Braun, A.F., 1948. Elachistidae of North America (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 13: 70; figs. 40, 40a, 41, 90, 90a, 130. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Kaila, L., 1996. Revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista I. The tetragonella group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, 27: 217-238. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 6.7f; p. 71. Book Review and ordering Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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