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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 barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; 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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