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Gracillariidae 33a0412 – 0691   Cryptolectica insulariella (Opler, 1971)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: insulariella (Opler, 1971) (Acrocercops) n. comb. - MONA 1983: 691 Taxonomic Notes: Cryptolectica insulariella (Opler, 1971), n. comb., was formerly in the genus Acrocercops (Eiseman & Davis in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

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). Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 3.16f; p. 54. Book Review and ordering Species Page at iNaturalist

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