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Elachistidae 59a1498.1 – 1103   Elachista pusilla Frey & Boll, 1876

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Description/ Field Marks: "The type of this species could not be located; it is not in the British Museum, where Frey's material is supposed to be. It must remain at present an unrecognized species." - Braun (1945) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: pusilla Frey & Boll, 1876 (Elachista) ident. uncert. - MONA 1983: 1103   Type locality: Texas.

References

Braun, A.F., 1948. Elachistidae of North America (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 13: 59. Frey, H. & J. Boll, 1876. Einige Tineen aus Texas. Entomologische Zeitung, 37: 215.

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