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Blastobasidae 59a1735 – 1182   Asaphocrita estriatella (Dietz, 1910)

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Genitalia: See McDunnough (1961), Am. Mus. Novit. 2045: 16; figs. 8, 16. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: estriatella Dietz 1910 (Holcocera) - MONA 1983: 1182; Type locality: Massachusetts simuloides McDunnough 1961 (Holcocerina); Type locality: Lake Kejimukujik, Queens Co., Nova Scotia Taxonomic Notes: Asaphocrita estriatella (Dietz, 1910) includes as a synonym 1223 Holcocerina simuloides McDunnough, 1961 in Adamski & Hodges (1996).

References

Adamski, D. & R. W. Hodges, 1996. An annotated list of North American Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 98(4): 710. Dietz, W.G., 1910. Revision of the Blastobasidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 36: 28. McDunnough, J.H., 1961. A study of the Blastobasinae of Nova Scotia, with particular reference to genitalic characters (Microlepidoptera, Blastobasidae). American Museum Novitates, 2045: 1-20. Species Page at Mass Moths

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