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Tineidae 300221.5 – 0323   Tenaga nigripunctella (Haworth, 1828)              The Many Spotted Yellow

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: nigripunctella (Haworth, 1828) (Tinea) - MONA 1983: [NEW in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)] linobola (Meyrick, 1893) (Macraeola) moeniella (Rössler, 1877) (Tinea) pomiliella Clemens, 1862 (Tenaga) - MONA 1983: [323] sesquitertia (Meyrick, 1909) (Tinea) Taxonomic Notes: Tenaga nigripunctella (Haworth, 1828) includes as a synonym [0323] Tenaga pomiliella Clemens, 1862 in Robinson & Nielsen (1993).

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Clemens, B., 1862. New American Micro-Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 1(5): 136. Haworth, A.H., 1803-1828. Lepidoptera Britannica, 4: 564. Robinson, G.S. & E.S. Nielsen, 1993. Tineid Genera of Australia (Lepidoptera). website Species Page at iNaturalist

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