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Tischeriidae
23a0014 – 0164   Astrotischeria heteroterae (Frey & Boll, 1878)
Distribution Data for Astrotischeria heteroterae
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Host Plants:
Host familiy: Asteraceae.  Host genera: Heterotheca Verbesina.  Notes: miner (Braun 1972); blotch miners (Eiseman 2020).  (Shropshire & Tallamy 2025 [accessed 6xii2025])
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Synonymy:
  • heteroterae (Frey & Boll, 1878) (Tischeria) - MONA 1983: 164
  • Taxonomic Notes: Astrotischeria heteroterae (Frey & Boll, 1878): This species was "was previously incorrectly transferred to Paratischeria (Xu et al. 2017), and is here transferred back to Astrotischeria: A. heteroterae (Frey & Boll, 1878) comb. nov." (Stonis et al. 2023)
    References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)
    • Frey, H. & J. Boll, 1878. Tineen aus Texas. Entomologische Zeitung, 39(7-9): 249-279.
    • Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)
    • Species Page at iNaturalist
    • Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Orlovskyt?, S., Solis, M.A., Paulavi?i?t?, B., Xu, J. & Dai, X., 2023. Genera of Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera): a review of the global fauna, with descriptions of new taxa. Zootaxa, 5333(1): 1-131. (abstract and access)
    • Xu, J., X. Dai, P. Liu, H. Bai, A. Diškus, J.R. Stonis, 2017. First report on Paratischeria from Asia (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae). Zootaxa, 4350(2): 331-344.
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