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Prodoxidae 21a0040 – 0208.8   Prodoxus atascosanellus Pellmyr & Balcazar-Lara, 2005

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Distribution: USA: western TX (Pellmyr, et al. 2005). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: atascosanellus Pellmyr & Balcazar-Lara, 2005 (Prodoxus); TL: Texas. Cameron Co. Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.

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) Pellmyr, O., M. Balcázar-Lara, D.M. Althoff, K.A. Segraves, & J. Leebens-Mack, 2005. Phylogeny and life history evolution of Prodoxus yucca moths (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae). Systematic Entomology, 31(1): 15. (read online)

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