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Blastobasidae 59a1800.5 – 1218.1   Lateantenna inana (Butler, 1881)

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Distribution: Homestead, FL (M. Epstein & J. Hayden, pers. comm.). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: inana (Butler, 1881) (Gracilaria) REV. STAT.   Type locality: Honolulu, HI. Taxonomic Notes: Lateantenna inana (Butler, 1881), rev. stat. (Adamski in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023), was formerly treated as a synonym of Blastobasis explorata Meyrick, 1918. This species is now recognized within the North American fauna from Florida.

References

Butler, A.G., 1881. On the collection of Nocturnal Lepidoptera from the Hawaiian Islands. Part 2https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24722891. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (ser. 5)7: 404. Hayden, J.E., 2017. Blastobasis inana (Butler), a blastobasid moth, a new Western Hemisphere record. Tri-ology, 56(3): 3, 7, 14. Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).

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