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Gelechiidae 420461.00 – 2220   Aproaerema metadesma (Meyrick, 1927)

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Distribution: Type locality: Alpine, TX. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Stomopteryx metadesma Meyrick, 1927 Taxonomic Notes: Aproaerema metadesma (Meyrick, 1927) was formerly in the genus Syncopacma (Aarvik, et al. 2017).

References

Aarvik, L., B.Å. Bengtsson, H. Elven, P. Ivinskis, U. Jürivete, O. Karsholt, M. Mutanen, N. Savenkov, 2017. Nordic-Baltic Checklist of Lepidoptera. Norwegian Journal of Entomology, Supplement 3: 1-236. Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Meyrick, E., 1927. Exotic Microlepidoptera, 3(11): 352.

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