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Prodoxidae
21a0044 – 0200   Prodoxus quinquepunctella (Chambers, 1875)

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  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • quinquepunctella (Chambers, 1875) (Hyponomeuta) - MONA 1983: 0200 TL: Lectotype: Bosque Co., TX.
      Note: Lectotype designated by Davis (1967).
  • paradoxica Chambers, 1878 (Prodoxus) TL: Lectotype: "Nine miles north of Colorado Springs and thence 5 miles east of the mountains, Colorado".
  • 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.
    • Davis, D.R., 1967. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Prodoxinae (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 255: 74; fig. 21, 28, 42, 47, 51, 54, 55, 60, 61, 92, 118, 137; Map 8.
    • Pellmyr, O., M. Balcázar-Lara, D.M. Althoff, K.A. Segraves, & J. Leebens-Mack, 2005. Phylogeny and life history evolution of Prodoxus yucca moths (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae). Systematic Entomology, 31(1): 4-5 (key to genus). (read online)
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 1.40f; p. 43. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
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