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Cosmopterigidae
59a0399.1 – 1513.1   Anatrachyntis simplex (Walsingham, 1891)
             False Pink Bollworm
Distribution Data for Anatrachyntis simplex
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Distribution: USA: FL, TX (Hayden 2019).
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Synonymy:
  • simplex (Walsingham, 1891) (Pyroderces)
      Type locality: "Bathurst (Gambia) ".
  • flexiloquella (Riedl, 1993) (Amneris)
  • gossypiella (Walsingham, 1906) (Stagmatophora)
  • hemizopha Meyrick, 1916 (Anatrachyntis)
  • repandatella (Legrand, 1966) (Pyroderces)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Anatrachyntis simplex (Walsingham, 1891), a widespread in the Old World species, is now recognized within the North American fauna from Florida, Hayden in Dixon & Anderson (2015), Tri-ology, 54(5): 6.
    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.
    • Dixon, W.N. & P.J. Anderson (Editors), 2015. Anatrachyntis simplex, false pink bollworm, a new Western Hemisphere record. Tri-ology, 54(5): 6.
    • Hayden, J.E., 2019. Anatrachyntis simplex (Walsingham) in Florida and Texas, with diagnostic notes (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae). Southern Lepidopterists’ News, 41(3): 194-197.
    • Walsingham, L.T.d.G., 1891. African Micro-Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1891: 119; pl. 6, fig. 58.
    Anatrachyntis simplex
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