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North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library

Crambidae 801417 – 5505 – Xubida puritellus (Kearfott, 1908)

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Xubida puritellus (Kearfott, 1908) includes as a synonym dinephelalis (Dyar, 1917) in Barnes & Benjamin (1918) who noted puritellus was described from 2 females, not a female and a male as originally stated.

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Barnes, W.M. & J.H. McDunnough, 1918. Notes and new species. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 4(2): 172. Dyar, H.G., 1917. Seven new crambids from the United States (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). Insecutor inscitiae menstruus, 5(4-6): 85. Kearfott, W.D., 1908. Descriptions of new species of North American crambid moths. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 35 (1649): 393. Klots, A.B., 1970. North American Crambinae: notes on the tribe Chiloini and a revision of the genera Eoreuma Ely and Xubida Schaus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 78: 120; fig. 12.

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