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Scythrididae 59a1696 – 1667   Arotrura oxyplecta (Meyrick, 1916)

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Distribution: Florida and possibly Texas and westward, Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, 160: 70 Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: oxyplecta (Meyrick, 1916) (Scythris) - MONA 1983: 1667 Taxonomic Notes: Arotrura oxyplecta (Meyrick, 1916) was formerly in the genus Scythris, Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada, 160: 70.

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. Landry, J.-F., 1991. Systematics of Nearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): phylogeny and classification of supraspecific taxa, with a review of described species. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 123(S160): 3-341.

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