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Acanthopteroctetidae 09a0002 – 0016   Acanthopteroctetes bimaculata Davis, 1969

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Distribution: "Blue Mountains-Wallowa Mountains section of the Columbia Plateau in northeastern Oregon south to the southern Sierra Nevada of east-central California" (Davis 1969). Synonymy: bimaculata Davis, 1969 (Acanthopteroctetes) - MONA 1983: 16; Holotype: Spring Creek, Baker Co., OR.

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) Davis, D., 1969. A review of the genus Acanthopteroctetes with description of a new species (Eriocraniidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 23(3) 137-147. Species Page at iNaturalist

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