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Gracillariidae 33a0142 – 0681.1   Parornix solitariella (Dietz, 1907)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: solitariella (Dietz, 1907) (Ornix) REV. STAT.   Type locality: Washington state, not Washington, DC as stated by Dietz. Taxonomic Notes: Parornix solitariella (Dietz, 1907), rev. stat. (Eiseman & Davis in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023), was formerly treated as a synonym of Callisto denticulella (Thunberg, 1794) in De Prins & De Prins (2005).

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. De Prins, W. & J. De Prins, 2005. Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). World Catalogue of Insects, 6: 1-502. Dietze, W.G., 1907. The North American Species of the Genus Ornix Tr. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 33: 290. Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).

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