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Scythrididae 59a1722 – 1660   Landryia graminivorella (Braun, 1920)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: graminivorella (Braun, 1920) (Scythris) - MONA 1983: 1660; TL: Cincinnati, OH. Taxonomic Notes: Landryia graminivorella (Braun, 1920), 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) Braun, A.F., 1920. New species of Scythris (Microlepidoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 52: 40. 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))

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