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Pyralidae 80a0655 – 5610   Pococera dolorosella (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)

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Similar Species: Pococera asperatella is superficially similar in appearance, "the ochreous and red shades disconcolorous, contrasting; but with the palpi only reaching slightly beyond the vertex; and with the basal joint of the antennae only slightly enlarged, bearing no process." (Barnes & Benjamin 1924). Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: dolorosella (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924) (Tetralopha) - MONA 1983: 5610   Type locality: Colorado Springs, CO.

References

Barnes, W. & F.H. Benjamin, 1924. Notes and new species. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 5(3): 195.

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