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Pyralidae 80a0004 – 5541   Acallis griphalis (Hulst, 1886)

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Similar Species: 5513 Aglossa electalis Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: griphalis (Hulst, 1886) (Aglossa) emend. - MONA 1983: 5541 angustipennis (Warren, 1891) (Ugra) centralis Dyar, 1910 (Acallis); TL: Williams, AZ. fernaldi Ragonot, 1891 (Acallis) gripalis; (Hulst, 1886) (Aglossa) orig. missp. Taxonomic Notes: Acallis griphalis (Hulst, 1886) includes as a synonyms Acallis gripalis (Hulst, 1886) (orig. missp.) (Hulst 1886:xxiv) and Accalis centralis in Solis et al. (2013). The name "griphalis" was erroneously treated as a misspelling in Hodges et al. (1983).

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) Dyar, H.G., 1910. Some moths from Claremont, California with notes on certain allied species. Pomona College Journal of Entomology, 2: 376. Hulst, G.D., 1886. Descriptions of new Pyralidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 13: 146; xxiv (errata ). Solis, M.A., E.D. Cashatt, B.C. Scholtens, 2013. New North American Chrysauginae (Pyralidae) described by E.D. Cashatt. ZooKeys, 344: 55-71. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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