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Elachistidae 59a1355 – 1077.2   Perittia passula Kaila, 1995

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: passula Kaila, 1995 (Perittia)   Type locality: Holotype: "California: Monterey Co.: 17.5 mi W of Solon". Taxonomic Notes: Perittia passula Kaila, 1995, n. sp., Jour. Lepid. Soc., 48:216.

References

Kaila, L., 1995. A revision of the North American Perittia (=Onceroptila), with first nearctic records of the genus Mendesia (Elachistidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 49(3): 208-222. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 5.46m; p. 71. Book Review and ordering

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