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Gelechiidae 59a0451.1 – 2126   Neofaculta taigana Ponomarenko, 1998

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: taigana Ponomarenko, 1998 (Neofaculta) infernella of authors; (not Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) (Gelechia) misappl. Taxonomic Notes: Neofaculta taigana Ponomarenko, 1998 includes as a synonym infernella of authors; (not Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) in Lee & Landry (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023); "true" infernella, a Palaearctic species, is extralimital to NA.

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. 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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