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Crambidae 80a1457 – 5465   Vaxi auratellus (Clemens, 1860)              Curve-lined Vaxi

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: auratellus (Clemens, 1860) (Crambus) - MONA 1983: 5465 pulchella (Walker, 1863) (Urola) Taxonomic Notes: Vaxi auratellus (Clemens, 1860), transferred to the genus Argyria in Munroe (1995), is returned to Vaxi following the implied treatment in Léger et al. (2019), Syst. Entomol., 44(4):770, which placed Argyria in the tribe Argyriini and Vaxi in the tribe Calamotrophini, rev. stat.

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) Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 12: 204. Landry, B., 1995. A phylogenetic analysis of the major lineages of the Crambinae and of the genera of Crambini of North America (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Memoirs on Entomology, International, 1: 1-242. Léger, T., B. Landry & M. Nuss, 2019. Phylogeny, character evolution and tribal classification in Crambinae and Scopariinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). Systematic Entomology, 44(4): 757-776. Martinez, E.L. & R.L. Brown, 2007. Argyriini (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) of Mississippi and Alabama with a redescription of Argyria rufisignella (Zeller). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 61(2): 78-83. Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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