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Pterophoridae 63a0107.3 – 6206   Hellinsia angustus (Walsingham, 1880)              Straw-colored Plume Moth

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: angustus (Walsingham, 1880) (Lioptilus) REV. STAT. - MONA 1983: 6206; TL: Mount Shasta, CA. pectodactylus of authors; (not Staudinger, 1859) (Pterophorus) misid. Taxonomic Notes: Hellinsia angustus (Walsingham, 1880), rev. stat. (Matthews in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023), was treated as a synonym of Hellinsia pectodactylus (Staudinger, 1859) in Gielis (2003).

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) (pectodactylus) Gielis, C., 1993. Generic revision of the superfamily Pterophoroidea. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 290: 1-139. 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 Species Page at Mass Moths Staudinger, O., 1859. Diagnosen nebst kurzen Beschreibungen neuer andalusischer Lepidopteren. Entomologische Zeitung, 20: 258. Walsingham, L.T.d.G., 1880. Pterophoridae of California and Oregon. John Van Voorst, London, 1881: 41 (stramineus), 43 (angustus).

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