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Depressariidae 590169 – 0962 – Ethmia umbrimarginella Busck, 1907

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Ethmia umbrimarginella Busck, 1907: This species was reported from TX by Shropshire & Tallamy (2025), based on a record in southern TX in Powell & Opler (1996). The species is otherwise unknown north of the Yucatan Peninsula, so that record is deemed erroneous herein.

Busck, A., 1907. New American Tineina. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 8(3-4): 94. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 5.19f; p. 68. Book Review and ordering Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 1996. Distribution of "Oecophoridae" (sense of Hodges 1983) of Western North America. Moths of Western North America, 4: 1-8. (abstract and PDF) Powell, J.A., 1973. A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 120: 1-302. (PDF) Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist U.S. National Entomological Collection (USNM) - Holotype ♂ (genitalia)

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