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Gelechiidae
59a1156 – 2203   Fascista bimaculella (Chambers, 1872)

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  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • bimaculella (Chambers, 1872) (Depressaria) - MONA 1983: 2203
      Type locality: Kentucky.
  • sylvaecolella (Chambers, 1878) (Gelechia)
      Type locality: Kentucky.
  • ternariella (Zeller, 1873) (Gelechia)
      Type locality: Texas.
  • 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.
    • Chambers, V.T., 1872. Micro-Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 4: 108.
    • Chambers, V.T., 1878. Descriptions of new Tineina from Texas, and others from more northern localities. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4(3): 86.
    • Clarke, J.F., 1947. Notes on, and new species of, American moths of the genus Filatima Busck (Gelechiidae: Lepidoptera). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 37: 275. (transferred from Filatima to Fascista)
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Zeller, P.C., 1873. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 23: 264.
    Fascista bimaculella
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    Fascista bimaculella
    © Bob Patterson
    Fascista bimaculella
    14mm - LG – © Jim Vargo
    Fascista bimaculella
    LG – © Miss. Ent. Mus.

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