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Gelechiidae 59a0824 – 1900   Prolita texanella (Chambers, 1880)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: texanella Chambers 1880 (Gelechia); Type locality: Texas chambersella Dyar 1903 (Ethmia) emend. Note: Unnecessary replacement name.

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. Chambers, V.T., 1880. Descriptions of some new Tineina, with notes on a few old species. The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 2(4): 179. Dyar, H.G., 1902. A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 52: 524. Dyar, H.G., 1902. A review of the genus Ethmia with descriptions of new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 10: 208.

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