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Pyralidae 80a0452 – 5901   Tacoma feriella Hulst, 1888

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Distribution: Type locality (feriella): Texas. Type locality (submedianella): La Peurta, CA. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Tacoma feriella Hulst, 1888 • Tacoma submedianella Dyar, 1913 Taxonomic Notes: Tacoma feriella Hulst, 1888 may be a species complex represented at BOLD by BINs BOLD:AAH5146, BOLD:AAH4745, and BOLD:AAH5284.

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. Dyar, H.G., 1913. Five new North American Pyralidae. Insecutor inscitiae menstruus, 1(3): 34. Heinrich, C., 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. Bulletin United States National Museum, 207: 178; figs. 37, 425, 912. Hulst, G.D., 1888. New genera and species of Epipaschiae and Phycitidae. Entomologica Americana, 4: 115. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 25.23m; p. 190. Book Review and ordering Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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