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Heliodinidae 36a0032 – 2499   Aetole extraneella (Walsingham, 1881)

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Description/ Field Marks: See Hsu & Powell (2004) Genitalia: See Hsu & Powell (2004) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: extraneella (Walsingham, 1881) (Heliodines) - MONA 1983: 2499   Type locality: Pitt River, CA. Taxonomic Notes: Aetole extraneella (Walsingham, 1881) was formerly in the genus Heliodines, Univ. Calif. Publ. Entom., 124: 1-158.

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. Hsu, Y-F. & J.A. Powell, 2004. Phylogenetic Relationships within Heliodinidae and Systematics of Moths Formerly Assigned to Heliodines Stainton (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology, 124: 1-158. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 11.45f; p. 111. Book Review and ordering Species Page at BugGuide.Net Walsingham, T. de G., 1881. On some North American Tineidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881: 323.

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