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Pyralidae 80a0590 – 6053   Peoria approximella (Walker, 1866)              Carmine Snout Moth

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Genitalia: See Shaffer (1968) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: approximella (Walker, 1866) (Eurhodope) - MONA 1983: 6053; TL: "North America". cremoricosta (Hampson, 1918) (Hypsotropa); Lectotype: Colorado Springs, CO. haematica (Zeller, 1872) (Anerastia); TL: New York and Massachusetts. roseatella (Packard, 1873) (Nephopteryx); TL: Massachusetts.

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) Shaffer, J.C., 1968. A revision of the Peoriinae and Anerastiinae (auctorum) of America North of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 280: 29; figs. 14, 59, 81, 116, 154. Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species page at Moths of North Dakota.

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