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Tineidae 300117.1 – 0271.1   Nemapogon picarella (Clerck, 1759)              Pied Clothes Moth

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: picarella (Clerck, 1759) (Phalaena) acerella (Treitschke, 1832) (Scardia) rigaella (Sodoffsky, 1830) (Tinea) Taxonomic Notes: Nemapogon picarella (Clerck, 1759) is now recognized within the North American fauna, discovered in British Columbia by Dave Holden and confirmed by J-F Landry with additional Yukon records also confirmed by J-F Landry and Alaska records as BOLD.

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. Clerck, 1759. Icones Insectorum Rariorum, 1: pl. 10, fig. 15

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