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Elachistidae 59a1481 – 1128   Elachista salinaris Braun, 1925

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Description/ Field Marks: Kaila, 1996: 230; figs. 28, 48, 64. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: salinaris Braun, 1925 (Elachista) - MONA 1983: 1128; TL: Bear River Bay, Great Salt Lake, UT.

References - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.

Braun, A.F., 1948. Elachistidae of North America (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 13: 78; figs. 45, 92. Kaila, L., 1996. Revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista I. The tetragonella group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, 27: 217-238.

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