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Gracillariidae 33a0108 – 0658   Micrurapteryx thermopsella (Chambers, 1875)

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Larva and Host Plants: Thermopsis Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: thermopsella (Chambers, 1875) (Gracilaria) N. COMB.; ident. uncert. - MONA 1983: 0658   Type locality: Colorado. Taxonomic Notes: Micrurapteryx thermopsella (Chambers, 1875), n. comb., was formerly in the genus Parectopa (Eiseman & Davis in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

References

Chambers, V.T., 1875. Tineina of Colorado. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science, 2(4): 300. Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).

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