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Pterophoridae 63a0086.1 – 6184   Hellinsia brucei (Fernald, 1898)              Bruce's Plume Moth

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Pterophorus brucei Fernald, 1898 • Pterophorus chionastes Meyrick, 1908 Taxonomic Notes: Hellinsia brucei (Fernald, 1898), n. comb., was formerly in the genus Oidaematophorus (Matthews in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Fernald, C.H., 1898. The Pterophoridae of North America. Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, p. 42. Gielis, C., 2003. Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea (Lepidoptera). World Catalogue of Insects, 4: 1-198. Matthews, D.L., 2016. Pterophoridae of North America - "Plume Moths". Online self-published. website Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order). Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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