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Pterophoridae 63a0081.1 – 6178.1   Hellinsia hoguei (Gielis, 1996)              Hogue's Plume Moth

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Distribution: USA: AZ. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: hoguei (Gielis, 1996) (Oidaematophorus)   Type locality: Holotype: Mexico City, Mexico. Taxonomic Notes: Hellinsia hoguei (Gielis, 1996) is now recognized within the North American fauna north of Mexico, based on Arizona specimens in USNM collected by Ronald W. Hodges and provisionally identified by Reed A. Watkins in 2007.

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. Gielis, C., 2011. Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II: Pterophorinae (Oidaematophorini, Pterophorini) (Lepidoptera). Zoologische Mededelingen, 85: 589-824. Species Page at BugGuide.Net U.S. National Entomological Collection (USNM) - holotype.

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