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Cossidae 53a0025.1 – 2675.1   Acossus boreocryptus Schmidt & Jaeger, 2024

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: boreocryptus Schmidt & Jaeger, 2024

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

Schmidt, B.C. & C.M. Jaeger, 2024. A new species of Acossus Dyar (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) establishes diurnal flight in New World carpenter-moths. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 102(11): 871-879.

- holotype - LG – © C. Schmidt & C.Jaeger - paratype - LG – © C. Schmidt & C.Jaeger

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