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Prodoxidae 21a0018 – 0177   Lampronia capitella (Clerck, 1759)              Currant Shoot Borer

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: capitella (Clerck, 1759) (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 0177 bifasciella (Fabricius, 1787) (Tinea) capittella; (Clerck, 1759) (Phalaena) missp. scribaiana (Brahm, 1791) (Phalaena) Taxonomic Notes: Lampronia capitella (Clerck, 1759), a justified emendation, includes capitella Clerck, 1759 as a synonym (misspelling) in Robinson & Schmidt Nielsen (1983), Syst. Entomol., 8(2):205.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Clerck, 1759. Icones Insectorum Rariorum, 1: pl. 11, fig.1. Robinson, G.S. & E. Schmidt Nielsen, 1983. The Microlepidoptera described by Linnaeus and Clerck. Systematic Entomology, 8(2): 191-242.

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