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Tridentaformidae 21a0066.1n – 0195.1   Tridentaforma browncopper Monckton & Levesque-Beaudin, 2025

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Distribution: "Thompson Plateau in south-central British Columbia, Canada." (Monckton et al. 2025). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: browncopper Monckton & Levesque-Beaudin, 2025 (Tridentaforma); Holotype: British Columbia, Undisturbed Reference R33.

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) - BIN: BOLD:AFK8960 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification. Monckton, S.K., V. Levesque-Beaudin, K.A. Thompson, A. Barnes, K. French, H. Hampton & P.D.N. Hebert, 2025. The brown copper moth, Tridentaforma browncopper: DNA barcoding reveals a second species in the family Tridentaformidae (Lepidoptera, Adeloidea). ZooKeys, 1257: 25-38; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)

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