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Incurvariidae 21a0069 – 0174   Incurvaria vetulella (Zetterstedt, 1839)

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Similar Species: Incurvaria circulella Lampronia capitella BIN group BOLD:ACI3470 with specimens from NB to YT, Canada, appears to represent a cryptic species based on DNA barcode. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: vetulella (Zetterstedt, 1839) (Adela) - MONA 1983: 0174   Type locality: Lapland. kivatshella Kutenkova, 1987 (Incurvaria)

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. Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:ACI3470 (possible cryptic sp.) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification. Junnilainen, J., P. Buchner, J.-P. Kaitila & M. Mutanen, 2019. Incurvaria pirinella sp. nov., a new species of the vetulella species-group (Lepidoptera, Incurvariidae) from Bulgaria, with release of DNA barcodes for European species of Incurvaria. Nota Lepidopterologica, 42(1): 81-100. Zetterstedt, J.W., 1839. Lepidoptera. Insecta Lapponica, 4: 1007.

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