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Pyralidae 80a0061 – 5640   Cacotherapia ponda Dyar, 1907

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Description/ Field Marks: Forewing brownish with distinct black transverse lines. See Dyar (1907, 1913). As of 2023, barcoded specimens at BOLD appear to represent misidentifications. Similar Species: Macrotheca bilinealis Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 is found in southeast AZ. Alpheias transferens Dyar, 1917, though very different is often confused in collections. It is a smaller grayish moth with a jagged white am. line. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: ponda Dyar, 1907 (Cacotherapia) - MONA 1983: 5640   Type locality: Claremont, CA.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Dyar, H.G., 1907. Descriptions of new American Lepidoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 15: 53. Dyar, H.G., 1913. A note on Macrothecinae. Insecutor inscitiae menstruus, 1(2): 22.

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