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North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library
Gelechiidae
590787.731881Neotelphusa sequax (Haworth, 1828) – Crepuscular Rock-rose, The Brindled Brown
  • Neotelphusa sequax (Haworth, 1828), n. comb., is transferred from the genus Teleiodes, Lee & Brown (2008), Zootaxa, 1818: 36. This species was apparently first added to the NA checklist in Zeller (1873). Based on the scarcity of verified records and the historic absence of the know host plant, its status in North America is unclear.
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
  • Bruand d'Uzelle, C.T., 1858. Classification des tineides et examen des caractères et de leur importance relative, d'après la méthode naturelle. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 3(6): 651.
  • Busck, A., 1903. A Revision of the American Moths of the Family Gelechiidae, with Descriptions of New Species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 25(1304): 884.
  • Doubleday, E., 1862. A synonymic list of all the British butterflies and moths, (second addition): 1-40.
  • Duponchel, P.A.J., 1842. in M.J.-B. Godart, Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de France, Supplément 4: 282; pl.7, fig. 4.
  • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
  • Haworth, A.H., 1803-1828. Lepidoptera Britannica, 4: 552.
  • Lee, S. & R.L. Brown, 2008. Revision of Holarctic Teleiodini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 1818: 1-55.
  • Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at iNaturalist
  • Zeller, P.C., 1873. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 23: 265.

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