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Pterophoridae 63a0022 – 6146   Stenoptilia mengeli Fernald, 1898              Mengel's Plume Moth

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Distribution: Greenland, Canada: YT, NT, NU (BOLD, accessed 12/27/2019). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: mengeli Fernald, 1898 (Stenoptilia) - MONA 1983: 6146; TL: Greenland. islandicus of authors; (not Staudinger, 1857) (Pterophorus) misappl.

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) Fernald, C.H., 1898. The Pterophoridae of North America. Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, p. 60. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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