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Gracillariidae
33a0412 – 0691   Cryptolectica insulariella (Opler, 1971)

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Synonymy:
  • insulariella (Opler, 1971) (Acrocercops) N. COMB. - MONA 1983: 0691
  • Taxonomic Notes: Cryptolectica insulariella (Opler, 1971), n. comb., was formerly in the genus Acrocercops (Eiseman & Davis in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).
    References
    • 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).
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 3.16f; p. 54. Book Review and ordering
    Cryptolectica insulariella
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