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Pyralidae 800665.00 – 6048 – Peoria gematella (Hulst, 1887)

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Distribution: Type locality: Illinois. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Spermatophthora gemmatella Hulst, 1887 • Cayuga bistriatella Hulst, 1890 • Spermatophthora gemmatilla Hulst, 1887 • Pectinigera [sic] pamponerella Dyar, 1908 Taxonomic Notes: Peoria gematella (Hulst, 1887) is restored as the valid name. Originally described as "gemmatilla", the spelling was changed to "gematella" on the corrections page of same work. This species was misspelled as "gemmatella" in the Hodges 1983 Checklist and McDunnough (1939).

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Hulst, G.D., 1887. New species of Pyralidae. Entomologica Americana, 3: 134, [244] (Errors and Corrections). McDunnough, J.H., 1939. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States of America, part 2, Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Southern California Academy of Science, 2(1): 35. Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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