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Gracillariidae
33a0108 – 0658   Micrurapteryx thermopsella (Chambers, 1875)
Distribution Data for Micrurapteryx thermopsella
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Host Plants:
Thermopsis
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Synonymy:
  • thermopsella Chambers 1875 (Gracilaria) - MONA 1983: 0658; Type locality: Colorado
  • Taxonomic Notes: Micrurapteryx thermopsella (Chambers, 1875), n. comb., was formerly in the genus Parectopa (Eiseman & Davis in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).
    References
    • Chambers, V.T., 1875. Tineina of Colorado. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science, 2(4): 300.
    • 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).
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