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Gracillariidae 33a0106 – 0654   Micrurapteryx occulta (Braun, 1922)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: occulta (Braun, 1922) (Parectopa) - MONA 1983: 0654 albicostella (Braun, 1925) (Parectopa) Taxonomic Notes: Micrurapteryx occulta (Braun, 1922), formerly in the genus Parectopa, includes as a synonym 0648 Parectopa albicostella (Braun, 1925), Kirichenko et al. (2016), ZooKeys. 579: 125.

References

Kirichenko, N., P. Triberti, M. Mutanen, E. Magnoux, J.-F. Landry, C. Lopez-Vaamonde, 2016. Systematics and biology of some species of Micrurapteryx Spuler (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from the Holarctic Region, with re- description of M. caraganella (Hering) from Siberia. ZooKeys, 579: 99-156. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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