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Elachistidae 59a1492 – 1128.9   Elachista pelaena Kaila, 1996

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: pelaena Kaila, 1996 (Elachista)   Type locality: Holotype: "California: Plumas Co., 1 mi. S. Meadow Valley". Taxonomic Notes: Elachista pelaena Kaila, 1996, n. sp., Ent. Scand., 27: 238; figs. 8, 56, 77.

References

Kaila, L., 1996. Revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista I. The tetragonella group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, 27: 217-238.

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