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Heliodinidae 36a0022 – 2504   Embola sexpunctella (Walsingham, 1892)

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Description/ Field Marks: See Hsu & Powell (2004) Genitalia: See Hsu & Powell (2004) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: sexpunctella (Walsingham, 1892) (Heliodines) - MONA 1983: 2504 Taxonomic Notes: Embola sexpunctella (Walsingham, 1892) was formerly in the genus Heliodines, Univ. Calif. Publ. Entom., 124: 1-158.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Hsu, Y-F. & J.A. Powell, 2004. Phylogenetic Relationships within Heliodinidae and Systematics of Moths Formerly Assigned to Heliodines Stainton (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology, 124: 1-158.

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