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Batrachedridae
59a1677 – 1413   Batrachedra enormis Meyrick, 1928
             Large Batrachedra

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Description/
Field Marks:
See Hodges, 1966: 621; figs. 19, 58, 98.
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • enormis Meyrick, 1928 (Batrachedra) - MONA 1983: 1413
      Type locality: Bent, NM.
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Hodges, R.W., 1966. Review of New World Species of Batrachedra, with Description of Three New Genera (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 92(4): 585-651.
    • Meyrick, E., 1928. Exotic Microlepidoptera, 3(13): 394.
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 6.14m; p. 75. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
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