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Nepticulidae 160078 – 0055 – Zimmermannia bosquella (Chambers, 1878)

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Zimmermannia bosquella (Chambers, 1878), rev. stat., n. comb., formerly treated as a synonym of obrutella (Zeller, 1873) in the genus Ectoedemia, includes as synonyms heinrichi (Busck, 19140), castaneae (Busck, 1913) and helenella (Wilkinson, 1981).

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Chambers, V.T., 1878. Descriptions of new Tineina from Texas, and others from more northern localities. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4(3): 106. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at iNaturalist Van Nieukerken, E.J., C. Doorenweerd, R.J.B. Hoare, D.R. Davis, 2016. Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea). ZooKeys, 628: 65-246. (PDF or read online) Wilkinson, C., P.J. Newton, 1981. The micro-lepidopteran genus Ectoedemia Busck (Nepticulidae) in North America. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 124: 27-92.

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