Moth Photographers Group – Genitalia – 300223 – 0317

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library

Tineidae

300223 – 0317 – Xylesthia pruniramiella Clemens, 1859 – Clemens' Bark Moth

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Xylesthia pruniramiella Clemens, 1859 is represented at BOLD by several BIN clusters, but only two appear to represent the species based on location and identifiers. However, those two appear to be widely separated by DNA barcode.

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAC5286 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAE4427 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
Chambers, V.T., 1873. Micro-Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 5: 174.
Clemens, B., 1859. Contribution to American Lepidopterology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 11: 259.
Dietz, W.G., 1905. Revision of the genera and species of the Tineid subfamilies Amydriinae and Tineinae inhabiting north America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 31: 29; pl. 1, fig. 7.
Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
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 Block Island Moths
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at Mass Moths
Species Page at iNaturalist
Species page at Moths of North Dakota.
Zeller, P.C., 1873. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 23: 218.

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