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Prodoxidae 21a0010 – 0187   Greya obscuromaculata (Braun, 1921)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: obscuromaculata (Braun, 1921) (Lampronia) - MONA 1983: 187; TL: Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park, MT. augustella Blackmore, 1926 (Greya); TL: Quamichan Lake, near Duncan, BC.

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) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAY6981 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification. Blackmore, E. H., 1926. Two New Greyas from British Columbia (Lepidoptera, Incurvariidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 58: 294. (abstract and access (fee)) Braun, A.F., 1921. Two Weeks Collecting in Glacier National Park. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 73(1): 19. Davis, D.R., O. Pellmyr, J.N. Thompson, 1992. Biology and Systematics of Greya Busck and Tetragma, New Genus (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 524: 40; figs. 120-122, 263, 264, 315-318, 364; map 4. (download) Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at iNaturalist

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