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Gracillariidae 33a0293 – 0729   Phyllonorycter alnicolella (Walsingham, 1889)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: alnicolella (Walsingham, 1889) (Lithocolletis) - MONA 1983: 0729   Type locality: Mount Shasta, Siskiyou Co., CA.

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. Braun, A.F., 1908. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 34: 298. Eiseman, C.S. & D.R. Davis, 2020. Wrong side of the leaf: assigning some Lithocolletinae species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) to their proper genera. Zootaxa, 4751(2): 201-237.

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