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Gelechiidae 59a0461 – 2220   Aproaerema metadesma (Meyrick, 1927)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: metadesma Meyrick 1927 (Stomopteryx) - MONA 1983: 2220; Type locality: Alpine, TX Taxonomic Notes: Aproaerema metadesma (Meyrick, 1927), n. comb. inferred by Aarvik, et al. (2017) and formalized by Lee & Landry in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023), was formerly in the genus Syncopacma.

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: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Meyrick, E., 1927. Exotic Microlepidoptera, 3(11): 352. Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).

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