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Tineidae 300046.1 – 0334.1   Amydria erecta (Braun, 1923)

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Distribution: USA: San Diego Co., CA. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: erecta (Braun, 1923) (Myrmecozela); TL: "Angeles Bay, Lower California”. Taxonomic Notes: Amydria erecta (Braun, 1923) is now recognized within the North American fauna, San Diego Co., CA, in Brown (2000).

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Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Braun, A.F., 1923. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921. The tineid moths. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4: vol. 12(10): 121. Brown, J.W., 2000. The Lepidoptera of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar: Calculating faunal similarity among sampling sites and estimating total species richness. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 36: 64. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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