Moth Photographers Group – Pelochrista scintillana

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51a0973.1 – 3151 Pelochrista scintillana (Clemens, 1865)

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Synonymy:	scintillana Clemens 1865 (Callimosema) - MONA 1983: 3151 circulana of authors not Hübner 1823 (Eucosma) dodecana Zeller 1876 (Paedisca) paraglypta Meyrick 1912 (Eucosma) randana Kearfott 1907 (Eucosma)

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.
Gilligan, Wright & Gibson, 2008. Olethreutine Moths of the Midwestern United States: p. 117.169. (PDF)
Meyrick, E., 1912. On some impossible specific names in Micro-Lepidoptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 48: 32-36.
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 15.31m; p. 135. Book Review and ordering
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at Mass Moths
Wright, D.J. & T.M. Gilligan, 2017. Pelochrista Lederer of the Contiguous United States and Canada (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini). The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 9.5: 1-376, order.
Zeller, P.C., 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.

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