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Crambidae 80a1340 – 4774.1   Petrophila cornvillia Solis & Tuskes, 2018

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Distribution: Type locality: Arizona Description/ Field Marks: See Solis & Tuskes (2018) but note that the captions for the spread images of this species were reversed. The holotype is fig. 4, not 3. - A. Solis (pers. comm., 3/9/2022) Genitalia: See Proc. Entom. Soc. Wash. 120(3): 593-604. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Petrophila cornvillia Solis & Tuskes, 2018 Taxonomic Notes: Petrophila cornvillia Solis & Tuskes, 2018, n. sp., Proc. Entom. Soc. Wash. 120(3): 600.

References

Solis, M.A. & P.M. Tuskes, 2018. Two new species of Petrophila Guilding (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from northcenteral Arizona. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 120(3): 593-604.

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