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Scythrididae 59a1721 – 1648   Landryia albilineata (Walsingham, 1888)

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Description/ Field Marks: "Fore-wings, brownish-fuscous, with a strong white line of even width running from the middle of the base to the apical margin below the apex; the extreme costa very narrowly whitish beyond the middle; cilia brownish-fuscous with a few white scales along the costa and beneath the apex." (Walsingham 1988). The USNM paralectotype below was determined to not be conspecific with the BMNH paralectotype in Landry (1991). It is unknown if it is conspecific with the lectotype. "... Recognition of this species is based solely on the male lectotype, which is the only known specimen..." (Landry 1991). Similar Species: Caution: There are many similar species, both described and undescribed, in Scythrididae. For placement even to genus, dissection is required. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: albilineata (Walsingham, 1888) (Butalis) - MONA 1983: 1648; Lectotype: Arizona Note: Lectotype designated by Landry (1991). Taxonomic Notes: Landryia albilineata (Walsingham, 1888), n. comb. in Kemal & Koçak (2006), was formerly in the genus Asymmetrura Landry, 1991, a junior homonym of Asymmetrura Farina, 1981.

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) Kemal, M. & A.O. Koçak, 2006. Nemophora eretna n.sp. from Turkey (Adelidae, Lepidoptera). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara, Miscellaneous Papers, 100: 1-8. Landry, J.-F., 1991. Systematics of Nearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): phylogeny and classification of supraspecific taxa, with a review of described species. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 123(S160): 3-341. (abstract and access (fee)) Walsingham, L.T.d.G., 1888. Steps towards a revision of Chambers' index, with notes and descriptions of new species. Insect Life. U.S. Department Agriculture, 1(4): 116.

- paralectotype LG – (cc) CBG Photog. Grp. (USNM)

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