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Mimallonidae 830003 – 7661   Lacosoma elassa (Franclemont, 1973)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: elassa (Franclemont, 1973) (Naniteta) - MONA 1983: 7661   Type locality: Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX. Taxonomic Notes: Lacosoma elassa (Franclemont, 1973) was previously placed in the genus Naniteta, now a junior synonym of the genus Lacosoma in St Laurent et al. (2018).

References

Franclemont, J. G., 1973. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.1: p. 11; pl. 11.1. order or free PDF Species Page at BugGuide.Net St Laurent, R.A., C.A. Hamilton & A.Y. Kawahara, 2018. Museum specimens provide phylogenomic data to resolve relationships of sack-bearer moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae). Systematic Entomology. website

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