Tischeriidae
23a0003 –
0168 Tischeria immaculata
Braun, 1915
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Larva and
Host Plants: |
Miner on Ceanothus crassifolius, erroneously identified as Prunus ilicifolia in the original description (Braun, 1972). |
Description/
Field Marks: |
Forewings gray with faint brownish tinge , evenly and finely irrorate (Braun 1972). |
| Similar Species: |
- 23a0002 Tischeria ceanothi: lacks the "minutely and uniformly irrorate aspect of the fore wings [of immaculata]" and is separated by genitalia (Braun 1972).
- 23a0001 Tischeria ambigua
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
immaculata Braun, 1915 (Tischeria) - MONA 1983: 168; TL: Loma Linda, CA. |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Tischeria immaculata Braun, 1915, rev. stat. in Stonis et al. (2023) (rather than van Nieukerken & Eiseman in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023) which was published later in the same year), was formerly treated as a synonym of Tischeria ceanothi Walsingham, 1890 in Puplesis & Diškus (2003). |
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| References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.) |
- Braun, A.F., 1915. Notes on some species of Tischeria, with descriptions of new species (Lep.). Entomological News, 26: 271.
- Braun, A.F., 1972. Tischeriidae of America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 28: 89; figs. 54, 99, 145.
- Pohl, G.R. & 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). (PDF (no fee) or order book)
- Species Page at iNaturalist
- Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Orlovskyt?, S., Solis, M.A., Paulavi?i?t?, B., Xu, J. & Dai, X., 2023. Genera of Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera): a review of the global fauna, with descriptions of new taxa. Zootaxa, 5333(1): 125; figs. 566-569. (abstract and access)
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