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Elachistidae 59a1363 – 1098.1   Elachista subalbidella Schläger, 1847

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: subalbidella Schläger 1847 (Elachista); Type locality: Palestine hiberna Braun 1948 (Elachista); Type locality: Shepherd Mountain, Pike Co., OH nebulella Stainton 1851 (Elachista) ochreella Stainton 1849 (Elachista) subochrella Herrich-Schäffer 1855 (Poeciloptilia) subochrella Morris 1870 (Elachista) Taxonomic Notes: Elachista subalbidella Schlager, 1847 includes as a synonym Elachista hiberna Braun, 1948 [1098] in Kaila (1997). DNA barcode would appear to separate the New and Old World populations in two distinct groups, represented by BINs: ABX6265 and AAC7905. However, Kaila (1997) reports a range of phenotypes from across eastern Russia from which no barcoded specimens currently exist.

References

Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAC7905 (Europe) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification. Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:ABX6265 (North America) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification. Braun, A.F., 1948. Elachistidae of North America (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 13: 52; figs. 14, 22, 22a, 25, 34, 73, 74. (hiberna) Kaila, L., 1997. A revision of the nearctic species of Elachista s.l. II. The argentella group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica, 206: 10; figs. 3-7, 72-74, 128-129. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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