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Cosmopterigidae 59a0283 – 1577   Periploca nigra Hodges, 1962

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: nigra Hodges 1962 (Periploca) - MONA 1983: 1577

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., 1978. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.1, p. 108; pl. 5.10-11. order or free PDF Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths U.S. National Entomological Collection (USNM) - Holotype ♂ (genitalia)

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