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Scythrididae 59a1726 – 1675   Landryia scintillifera (Braun, 1927)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Scythris scintillifera Braun, 1927 Taxonomic Notes: Landryia scintillifera (Braun, 1927), n. comb. in Kemal & Koçak (2006), was formerly in the genus Scythris.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. 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.

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