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Adelidae 21a0126 – 0213   Cauchas cyanella (Busck, 1915)

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Description/ Field Marks: C. dietziella and C. cyanella will be treated here as the 0212 - Cauchas dietziella species group for the purpose of placing undetermined photographs. Similar Species: Cauchas dietziella (Kearfott, 1908) is separated only by genitalia and DNA barcode. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: cyanella (Busck, 1915) (Incurvaria) - MONA 1983: 0213   Type locality: "Oak Station, Pa." [possibly the decommissioned railroad station in Overbrook (Pittsburgh), PA].

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Busck, A., 1915. Descriptions of new North American microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 17(2): 92. Davis, D.R., & M.J. Medeiros, 2023. A revision of the family Adelidae of the Western Hemisphere (Lepidoptera: Adeloidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 656: 1-215.

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