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Gracillariidae 33a0418 – 0712   Gibbovalva leptodesma (Meyrick, 1928)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: leptodesma (Meyrick, 1928) (Marmara) N. COMB. - MONA 1983: 0712   Type locality: Forestburg, TX. Taxonomic Notes: Gibbovalva leptodesma (Meyrick, 1928), n. comb., was formerly in the genus Marmara (Eiseman & Davis in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

References

Meyrick, E., 1928. Exotic Microlepidoptera, 3(15): 480. 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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