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Gracillariidae 33a0312 – 0748.1   Phyllonorycter deserticola Davis & Deschka, 2001

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Description/ Field Marks: Davis & Deschka, 2001: 29; figs. 20,29,137-160,242-244,429,430; map 3. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: deserticola Davis & Deschka, 2001 (Phyllonorycter) Taxonomic Notes: Phyllonorycter deserticola Davis & Deschka, 2001, n. sp., Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 614: 20.

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) Davis, D. R. & G. Deschka, 2001. Biology and systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter leafminers on Salicaceae, with a synoptic catalog of the Palearctic species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 614: 1-89. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 3.31f; p. 56. Book Review and ordering Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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