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Gracillariidae 33a0417 – 0696   Eucosmophora sideroxylonella Busck, 1900

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Description/ Field Marks: See Tropical Lepidoptera, 13(1-2): 20. Genitalia: See Tropical Lepidoptera, 13(1-2): figs. 147-149, 178-180. Similar Species: Other species in genus, dissection required. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: sideroxylonella Busck 1900 (Eucosmophora) - MONA 1983: 0696; Type locality: Palm Beach, FL sideroxylella Meyrick 1912 (Acrocercops) Taxonomic Notes: Eucosmophora sideroxylonella: Formerly placed in the genus Acrocercops. South Florida and Cuba.

References

Busck, A., 1900. New species of moths of the superfamily Tineina from Florida. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 23(1208): 250. Davis, D.R. & D.L. Wagner, 2005. Biology and Systematics of the Neotropical Leafminer Genus Eucosmophora (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 13(1-2): 1-40. Meyrick, E., 1912. Adelidae, Micropterygidae, Gracilariadae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus , 6: 46. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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