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Crambidae 80a1038 – 5267   Asciodes quietalis (Walker, 1859)              Bougainvillea Caterpillar

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: quietalis (Walker, 1859) (Scoparia) - MONA 1983: [NEW in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)]; TL: Dominican Republic, St. Domingo ["Domingo"]. confusalis (Hulst, 1886) (Desmia) gordialis of authors; not Guenée, 1854 (Asciodes) misappl. - MONA 1983: [5267] Taxonomic Notes: Asciodes quietalis (Walker, 1859), formerly a synonym of [5267] Asciodes gordialis Guenée, 1854, is raised to full species in Landry (2016). "True" gordialis is extralimital north of Mexico.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Landry, B., 2016. Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 123(2): 315-399. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist

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