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Ypsolophidae
36a0146 – 2371   Ypsolopha canariella (Walsingham, 1881)
             Canary Ypsolopha

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Distribution: Type locality (canariella): Scott's Valley, Lake Co., CA.
Type locality (dentiferella): Mount Shasta, CA.
Type locality (frustrella): Shasta Co., CA.
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Synonymy: Cerostoma canariella Walsingham, 1881
Cerostoma dentiferella Walsingham, 1881
Cerostoma frustella Walsingham, 1881
Taxonomic Notes: Ypsolopha canariella (Walsingham, 1881) includes as a synonyms Ypsolopha dentiferella (Walsingham, 1881) and Ypsolopha frustella (Walsingham, 1881) in Sohn in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023) as suggested by Powell & Opler (2009).
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAC0506
  • 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).
  • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 11.5f, 11.6m; p. 107. Book Review and ordering
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
  • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
  • Walsingham, T. de G., 1881. On some North American Tineidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881: 308-309; pl. 35, figs. 10 (dentiferella), 11 (canariella), 12 (frustella).
Ypsolopha canariella
© Nolie Schneider
Ypsolopha canariella
© Marius V. Aurelian
Ypsolopha canariella
© John Davis
Ypsolopha canariella
© Carl Barrentine
Ypsolopha canariella
CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
Ypsolopha canariella
CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
Ypsolopha canariella
© Jason Dombroskie
Ypsolopha canariella
20mm – © Jim Vargo
Ypsolopha canariella
20mm – © Jim Vargo

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