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Plutellidae 36a0180 – 2366   Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)              Diamondback

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758) (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 2366 albovenosa Walsingham, 1907 (Plutella) brassicella Fitch, 1856 (Plutella) butalidella Turati, 1926 (Plutella) cicerella (Rondani, 1876) (Gelechia) cinerea (Geoffroy, in: Fourcroy, 1785) (Tinea) continentalis Zagulajev, 1981 (Plutella) cruciferarum Zeller, 1843 (Plutella) dubiosella Beutenmüller, 1889 (Plutella) karsholtella Baraniak, 2007 (Plutella) limbipennella Clemens, 1860 (Plutella) maculipennis (Curtis, 1832) (Cerostoma) megapterella Bentinck, 1934 (Plutella) mollipedella Clemens, 1860 (Plutella)

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. Factsheet at Florida Featured Creatures. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 11.16m; p. 107. Book Review and ordering Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species page at Moths of North Dakota.

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