Cosmopterigidae
59a0315 –
1609 Stilbosis tesquella
Clemens, 1860
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| Synonymy: |
tesquella Clemens, 1860 (Stilbosis) - MONA 1983: 1609 TL: "None given. [Pennsylvania ?]" (Hodges 1978).quinquicristatella (Chambers, 1881) (Laverna) TL: Amherst, MA.quinquecristatella; Walsingham, 1882 (Stilbosis) emend.
Note: Walsingham (1882) synonymized quinquicristatella with tesquella, but used the spelling quinquecristatella, an apparent emendation which seems to have prevailed through the mid 20th century. In listing tesquella Clemens, Hodges (1964) recognized quinquecristatella Walsingham as a "correction of spelling", but then dropped the name altogether in Hodges (1978), MONA Fascicle 6.1.tesquatella; Chambers, 1878 (Stilbosis) missp. |
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| 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.
- Chambers, V.T., 1880. New species of Tineina. The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 3(3): 293.
- Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
- Hodges, R. W., 1978. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.1, p. 121; pl. 5.35-36. order or free PDF
- Hodges, R.W., 1964. A review of the North American moths of the family Walshiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Proceedings of the United States National Museum., 115(3485): 310.
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Species Page at Mass Moths
- Walsingham, L.T.d.G., 1882. Notes on Tineidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 10: 197.
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